SIMON DEBARTOLO GROUP, INC., APPELLANT,
v.
EMMA JEAN BRATLEY AND FRANK , BRATLEY, APPELLEE
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PER CURIAM.
We affirm. See Lewis v. Bondy, 752 So. 2d 1225 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000); see also Labaton v. Mellert, 772 So. 2d 622 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000). Because section 768.79(7)(b), Florida Statutes, directs trial courts to consider, in determining the reasonableness of an attorney’s fee award, certain enumerated factors “along with all other relevant criteria,” and because sections 768.79(6)(a) and (b), Florida Statutes, refer trial courts to the guidelines promulgated by the supreme court, we agree with the Second and Fourth Districts that the Legislature authorized trial courts to consider and apply a contingency risk multiplier when awarding an attorney’s fee award pursuant to section 768.79. See Island Hoppers, Ltd. v. Keith, 820 So. 2d 967, 974 (Fla. 4th DCA 2002); Pirelli Armstrong Tire Corp. v. Jensen, 752 So. 2d 1275, 1276 (Fla. 2d DCA 2000). In doing so, we note conflict with Allstate Insurance Co. v. Sarkis, 809 So. 2d 6 (Fla. 5th DCA 2001) (en banc), review granted, 826 So. 2d 992 (Fla.2002).
AFFIRMED.
BOOTH, WEBSTER and LEWIS, JJ„ concur.
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Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. v. Grady Carter and Mildred Carter, 848 So. 2d 365 (Fla. 1st DCA 2003)…repeatedly held that a trial court errs when it refuses to consider a contingency risk multiplier in an offer of judgment attorneys’ fee case. See Lewis v. Bondy, 752 So. 2d 1225 (Fla. 1st D0CA 2000). See also Simon DeBartolo Group, Inc. v. Bratley, 838 So. 2d 1239 (Fla. 1st DCA 2003); Univ. Med. Ctr., Inc. v. Blanchard, 843 So. 2d 313 (Fla. 1st DCA 2003). The supreme court granted review of the Fifth District’s Sarkis decision. See Sarkis v. Allstate Ins. Co., 826 So. 2d 992 (Fla.2002) (table). The high'court…
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- Allstate Ins. Co. v. Sarkis, 809 So. 2d 6 (Fla. 5th DCA 2001)
- Pirelli Armstrong Tire Corp. v. Meta E. Jensen, 752 So. 2d 1275 (Fla. 2d DCA 2000)
- Island Hoppers, Ltd. v. Norma Beard Keith for the Estate of Marsha K. Beard, 820 So. 2d 967 (Fla. 4th DCA 2002)
- Dennis M. Lewis, M.D. v. Marieann Bondy and John K. Bondy, 752 So. 2d 1225 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000)
- Labaton v. Denisha Mellert, 772 So. 2d 622 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000)