10 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 388b
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EILEEN DIAZ and EDWARD SUAREZ, Appellants, vs. UNITED AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee. Circuit Court, 11th Judicial Circuit (Appellate) in and for Miami-Dade County. Case No. 02-183 AP. L.C. Case No. 20012525SP25. April 29, 2003. On appeal from the County Court for Miami-Dade County, Wendell M. Graham, Judge. Counsel: Amado Alan Alvarez, Law Office of Alvarez & Alvarez-Zane, for Appellants. Mark A. Gatica, Troy D. Ferguson & Associates, P.A., for Appellee.
(Before STUART M. SIMONS, ARTHUR L. ROTHENBERG, and SARAH ZABEL, JJ.)
(ARTHUR L. ROTHENBERG, J.) Relying on the reasoning in Total Health Care of Florida, Inc. v. United Automobile Insurance Co., 9 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 659a (Fla. 11th Cir. Ct. 2002) rev. denied 9 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 737a (2002), we REVERSE and REMAND for further proceedings consistent herewith. As to Appellant’s motion for attorney’s fees, it is granted conditioned upon the insured ultimately prevailing with a recovery on the policy. See Tench v. American Reliance Ins. Co., 671 So. 2d 801, 802 (Fla. 3d DCA 1996). (SIMONS and ZABEL, JJ., concur.)
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