16 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 515b

Online Reference: FLWSUPP 166 DUCHA

Insurance — Personal injury protection — Attorney’s fees — Prevailing medical provider

UNITED AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, vs. ROBERT SCHWARTZ, D.C., P.A., a/a/o EMMANIEL DUCHATELLI, Appellee. Circuit Court, 17th Judicial Circuit (Appellate) in and for Broward County. Case No. 07-29246 (11). L.T. Case No. 06-8463 COCE 51. March 19, 2009. Counsel: Ivy Ginsberg, Office of the General Counsel, United Automobile Insurance Company, Coral Gables. Dean A. Mitchell, Ocala. Cris Boyar, Boyar & Freeman, Margate.

OPINION

(ANA I. GARDINER, J.) THIS CAUSE comes before the Court, sitting in its appellate capacity, upon an appeal by United Automobile Insurance Company of the trial court’s Final Judgment awarding attorneys’ fees to Appellee. This Court, having reviewed the record, and being fully advised in the premises, finds no abuse of discretion on the part of the trial court in the award of attorneys’ fees. First Federal Savings and Loan Ass’n of the Palm Beaches v. Bezotte, 740 So.2d 589 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999).

Accordingly, the decision of the trial court is AFFIRMED.