12 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 431b

Attorney’s fees — Where underlying judgment was reversed, award of fees must also be reversed

UNITED AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, a Florida corporation, Appellant, vs. SAINTHELEN JEAN, Appellee. Circuit Court, 11th Judicial Circuit (Appellate) in and for Miami-Dade County. Case No. 03-474 AP. L.T. Case No. 01-17043 CC 23 (3). February 22, 2005. An Appeal from the County Court in and for Miami-Dade County, Linda Singer Stein, Judge. Counsel: Marc A. Chandler, Pape & Chandler, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for Appellant. Eric G. Belsky, Johnson, Leiter & Belsky, Fort Lauderdale, for Appellee.

(PER CURIAM.) Because the underlying final judgment was reversed by this Court in United Automobile Insurance, Co. vs. Jean, 11th Judicial Circuit Court, Appellate Division, Case No. 03-128 AP, the award of attorney’s fees based on the original final judgment for appellee must also be reversed. See Fla.R.App.P. Rule 9.315(b). Interamerican Car Rental, Inc., vs. Gonzalez, 638 So. 2d 89 (Fla. 3d DCA 1994).

Reversed. (SMITH J. and BAILEY and LANDO, JJ., concur.)

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