GEICO GENERAL INS. CO. v. WILLIAMS

No. 4D11-3144.

111 So.3d 240 (2013)

GEICO GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Carolyn WILLIAMS, as the Personal Representative of the Estate of Ashley Renee Mills, et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

April 10, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

June G. Hoffman , Rory Eric Jurman and Yelena Shneyderman of Fowler White Burnett, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Curry Gary Pajcic , Benjamin E. Richard and Thomas F. Slater of Pajcic & Pajcic, P.A., Jacksonville, for appellee Carolyn Williams.


POLEN, J.

This appeal was brought by the defendants' liability insurer, which retained counsel to represent the defendants in the negligence action below. Following a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, the plaintiff moved to add the insurer as a party to the final judgment for the purposes of attorneys' fees and taxable costs. The plaintiff's motions were granted, and the insurer now appeals. We affirm and hold that the plaintiff timely moved the trial court to add...

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