AUSTIN & LAURATO v. STATE FARM INS. CO

Case No. 5D15-3616.

229 So.3d 911 (2017)

AUSTIN & LAURATO, P.A., Appellant, v. STATE FARM FLORIDA INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Opinion filed November 17, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael V. Laurato , Kimberly Hendee and Hannah E. Austin , of Austin & Laurato, PA, Tampa, for Appellant.

Scot E. Samis , of Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP, St. Petersburg, for Appellee.


In this sinkhole case, Austin & Laurato, P.A. ("Law Firm") appeals the final judgment on entitlement to attorney's fees that the trial court entered in favor of State Farm Florida Insurance Company ("State Farm") as a sanction for filing a frivolous complaint under section 57.105(1), Florida Statutes (2012). The final judgment imposed attorney...

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