United Auto. Ins. Co. v. Open MRI of Miami-Dade, Ltd.

Full title: United Automobile Insurance Company, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Open MRI…

Court: Florida Court of Appeals, Third District

Date published: Jul 19, 2023

No. 3D21-1865 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. Jul. 19, 2023)

Opinion

3D21-1865

07-19-2023

United Automobile Insurance Company, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Open MRI of Miami-Dade, Ltd., a/a/o Tony de Soto, Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Cole, Scott & Kissane, P.A., and Michael A. Rosenberg, and Nicholas Bastidas (Plantation), for appellant/cross-appellee. Buchalter, Hoffman, and Dorchak, and Kenneth J. Dorchak, for appellee/cross-appellant.

PER CURIAM.

Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

A Cross-Appeal from the County Court for Miami-Dade County No. 18-2201SP, Linda Singer Stein, Judge.

Cole, Scott & Kissane, P.A., and Michael A. Rosenberg, and Nicholas Bastidas (Plantation), for appellant/cross-appellee.

Buchalter, Hoffman, and Dorchak, and Kenneth J. Dorchak, for appellee/cross-appellant.

Before SCALES, LINDSEY and GORDO, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See United Auto. Ins. Co. v. Gibson, 355 So.3d 955, 956 (Fla. 4th DCA 2023) (applying an abuse of discretion standard of review and reversing an award of pre-suit attorney's fees where the trial court made no finding that the insurer's conduct was unreasonable); U.S. Fid. & Guar. Co. v. Rosado, 606 So.2d 628, 629 (Fla. 3d DCA 1992) (holding that attorney's fees for pre-suit legal services may be compensable only if the insurer's conduct was unreasonable).