FORTHUBER v. FIRST LIBERTY INS. CORP.

Case No. 5D16-2599.

229 So.3d 896 (2017)

David FORTHUBER, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. FIRST LIBERTY INSURANCE CORPORATION, Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Opinion filed November 17, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Hauser , of Attorney's Fees in Florida PL, Maitland, and Hewett G. Woodward , of The Woodward Law Firm, Orlando, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

C. Ryan Jones and Scot E. Samis of Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry, LLP, St. Petersburg, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant.


Appellant challenges the adequacy of his attorney's fee award, pursuant to section 627.428, Florida Statutes (2010), rendered in this first-party insurance dispute. As the first of two issues raised on appeal, we address whether the trial court erred by refusing to consider the hours expended by Appellant...

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