GREGORY ZAETLER, APPELLANT,

v.

THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. Palma, 629 So. 2d 830 (Fla. 1993)
  …HARDING, Justice. We have for review State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Palma, 585 So. 2d 329 (Fla. 4th DCA 1991), based on conflict with State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Moore, 597 So. 2d 805 (Fla. 2d DCA 1992). We have jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(3) of the Florida Constitution. This case has been before the Fourth District Court of Appeal three times and is currently making its second appearance before this Court.…
• Sonara v. Star Cas. Ins. Co., 603 So. 2d 661 (Fla. 3d DCA 1992)
  …ility to pay these fees where it is shown that the insured has turned over his interest in the fees to his/her attorney by the time the award is made as a means of initially retaining the attorney. See, e.g., State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Moore, 597 So. 2d 805 (Fla. 2d DCA 1992); U.S. Sec. Ins. Co. v. Cole, 579 So. 2d 153 (Fla. 2d DCA), rev. denied, 591 So. 2d 631 (Fla.1991); Inacio v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co., 550 So. 2d 92, 96 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989). Such a requirement exalts form over substance and,…
• Higley S., Inc. v. Quality Engineered Installation Inc., 632 So. 2d 615 (Fla. 2d DCA 1994)
  …. We continue to adhere to the proposition that “[a]n attorney cannot be awarded fees for time spent litigating the issue of attorney’s fees where the client ... has no interest in the fee recovered.” State Farm Mtitual Automobile Ins. Co. v. Moore, 597 So. 2d 805, 807 (Fla. 2d DCA 1992). Quality is not entitled to an award of costs or attorney’s fees for the litigation before the trial court concerning the amount of a reasonable fee. Appellants next claim error with regard to the trial court’s award of prej…

Authorities Cited

• Tortoise Island Cmtys., Inc. v. The Moorings Ass'n, Inc., 489 So. 2d 22 (Fla. 1986)
• Johnson v. State, 536 So. 2d 1009 (Fla. 1988)