State Farm Mut. v. Mashburn

Full title: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Joyce…

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District

Date published: Jun 30, 2009

11 So. 3d 1004 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2009)

Opinion

No. 1D08-1838.

June 30, 2009.

An appeal from the Circuit Court for Okaloosa County, Thomas T. Remington, Judge.

Charles F. Beall, Jr., of Moore, Hill Westmoreland, P.A., Pensacola, for Appellant.

Woodburn S. Wesley, Jr., of Wesley, McGrail Wesley, Ft. Walton Beach, for Appellee.

BROWNING, J.

This attorney's fee appeal is the companion case to the merits case, 1D08-0190. The parties agree that if this court reverses the merits case, this case must be reversed as a matter of law. Accordingly, we REVERSE in light of our decision in 1D08-0190.

HAWKES, C.J., and VAN NORTWICK, J., concur.