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PROGRESSIVE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, vs. GARY H. DIBLASIO, M.D., P.A., a/a/o Mark Holland, Appellee.

15 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 29a

Attorney’s fees — Insurance — Personal injury protection — Fee award is reversed where main judgment has been reversed

PROGRESSIVE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, vs. GARY H. DIBLASIO, M.D., P.A., a/a/o Mark Holland, Appellee. Circuit Court, 15th Judicial Circuit (Appellate-Civil) in and for Palm Beach County. Case No. 502006AP000082XXXXMB. L.T. Case No. 502005SC007324XXXXSBRD, Division ‘AY’. October 31, 2007. Appeal from the County Court in and for Palm Beach County, Judge Debra Moses Stephens. Counsel: Douglas H. Stein, Miami, for Appellant. Joseph Littman, Boca Raton, for Appellee.

(PER CURIAM.) Appellant, Progressive American Insurance Company, appeals the trial court’s Final Judgment as to Plaintiff’s Attorney’s Fees and Costs for Appellee, Gary H. DiBlasio, M.D., P.A. We find that the judgment for attorney’s fees and costs should be reversed based on our reversal of the main judgment. See Amorello v. Tauck, 824 So. 2d 244 (Fla. 4th DCA 2002).

This case is REVERSED AND REMANDED to the trial court with directions to vacate the Final Judgment as to Plaintiff’s Attorney’s Fees and Costs. (FRENCH, FINE, and MAASS, JJ., concur.)

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