Volume 12

12 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 1079a

Attorney’s fees — Insurance — Personal injury protection — Amount — Contingency risk multiplier — Where counsel for medical provider was employed on pure contingency basis and was unable to mitigate risk of nonpayment in any way, but relevant market did not require contingency risk multiplier to obtain competent counsel, multiplier is not applicable — Expert witness fees, costs and prejudgment interest awarded

12 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 1076a

Attorney’s fees — Insurance — Personal injury protection — Amount — Contingency risk multiplier — Where fee agreement between medical provider and counsel constituted pure contingency fee arrangement, but relevant market did not require multiplier to obtain competent counsel, multiplier is not applicable — Expert witness fee, costs and prejudgment interest awarded

12 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 1075a

Attorney’s fees — Insurance — Personal injury protection — Contingency risk multiplier — Where attorney for medical provider was employed on pure contingency basis, relevant market did require multiplier to obtain competent counsel, attorney was unable to mitigate risk of nonpayment in any way, and provider’s likelihood of success was even at outset of case, multiplier of 2.0 is applicable — Prejudgment interest, expert witness fee and costs awarded

12 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 181a

Attorney’s fees — Insurance — Personal injury protection — Contingency risk multiplier of 1.5 is awarded where chances of success were approximately even at outset — Expert witness fee, costs, and prejudgment interest awarded

12 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 180b

Attorney’s fees — Insurance — Personal injury protection — Contingency risk multiplier — Where medical provider’s chances of success were approximately even at outset of case, multiplier of 1.5 is appropriate — Expert witness fees, costs, and prejudgment interest awarded

12 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 180a

Attorney’s fees — Insurance — Personal injury protection — Contingency risk multiplier — Where PIP suit concerned accounting and billing error primarily caused by medical provider’s accounting and billing practices, multiplier is not appropriate — Expert witness fee awarded

12 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 179a

Attorney’s fees — Insurance — Personal injury protection — Contingency risk multiplier — Where litigation presented undesirable claim for neuromuscular reeducation for which medical provider could not have obtained competent counsel on standard contingency fee unless multiplier was used, amount in recovery was small, results obtained were excellent, fee contract was pure contingency agreement which allowed for multiplier, and chance of success at outset was 50%, multiplier of 1.5 is appropriate — Costs, expert witness fee, and prejudgment interest awarded

12 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 178b

Attorney’s fees — Insurance — Personal injury protection — Contingency risk multiplier — Where likelihood of success at outset of case was approximately even, contingency risk multiplier of 1.5 is appropriate — Expert witness fee, costs, and prejudgment interest are awarded

12 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 178a

Insurance — Attorney’s fees

12 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 170b

Attorney’s fees — Insurance — Personal injury protection — Contingency risk multiplier of 1.5 is appropriate — Expert witness fees and costs awarded