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AMERICAN FAMILY MUT. INS. CO. v. ALVIS

No. 2D10-2132.

72 So.3d 314 (2011)

AMERICAN FAMILY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, and American Standard Insurance Company, Appellants, v. Tammy ALVIS, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Stephen C. Alvis, Deceased, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

October 21, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tracy Raffles Gunn of Gunn Appellate Practice, P.A., Tampa, for Appellants.

Kent G. Whittemore of The Whittemore Law Group, P.A., St. Petersburg, for Appellee.

CRENSHAW, Judge.

American Family Mutual Insurance Company and American Standard Insurance Company (the Insurers) appeal the final order awarding $155,422 in attorney's fees to Tammy Alvis, as personal representative of the estate of the deceased, Stephen Alvis, based on her claims for uninsured motorist (UM) insurance benefits. Because the statutory right to attorney's fees is a substantive right and the sole basis for the fee claim was a Nebraska statute, we conclude...

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