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STATE FARM MUT. AUTO. INS. CO. v. NICHOLS

Nos. SC03-1483, SC03-1653.

932 So.2d 1067 (2006)

STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Shannon NICHOLS, Respondent. Shannon Nichols, Petitioner, v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

June 1, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth P. Hazouri of de Beaubien, Knight, Simmons, Mantzaris and Neel, LLP, Orlando, FL, for Petitioner/Respondent.

Thomas P. Hockman of Law Offices of Hockman and Hockman, Winter Park, FL, for Respondent/Petitioner.

Philip D. Parrish, P.A., Miami, Florida on behalf of the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, as Amicus Curiae.

CANTERO, J.

In this case, we decide whether, in a suit for benefits under a personal injury protection policy, an insurer may ever recover attorney's fees pursuant to the offer of judgment statute. We review Nichols v. State Farm Mutual, 851 So.2d 742 (Fla. 5th DCA 2003), which held that an insurer could recover such fees but certified to us a question of great public importance. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, ...

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