EXPLORER INS. CO. v. BOCKEL

No. 2D06-1822.

948 So.2d 845 (2007)

EXPLORER INSURANCE COMPANY, an Arizona corporation, Appellant, v. Jeanne Van BOCKEL, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

January 31, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael R. Seward of Ligman Martin, P.L., Miami, for Appellant.

Thomas E. Mooney of Mooney Colvin, P.L., Orlando, for Appellee.


PER CURIAM.

This appeal presents the very narrow issue of whether the trial court erred in awarding a contingency risk multiplier on the attorney's fees it awarded the plaintiff, Jeanne Van Bockel, after her insurer, Explorer Insurance Company, settled her uninsured motorist claim. Because there was no legal basis to award a multiplier in this case, we reverse.

Van Bockel was injured in an auto accident while she was insured with Explorer. After Van Bockel...

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