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In re the ESTATE OF John P. BRONK, Deceased. ST. PAUL FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Daniel A. BRONK, as Personal Representative of the Estate of John P. Bronk, Deceased, Appellee.
    No. BN-126.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
    Feb. 10, 1987.
    
      Claire L. Hamner of Dickinson, O’Rior-den, Gibbons, Quale, Shields & Carlton, Sarasota, for appellant.
    Theodore W. Glocker, Jr., of Glocker & Glocker, Jacksonville, for appellee.
   PER CURIAM.

A judgment for attorneys’ fees and costs awarded to a successful defendant in a medical malpractice suit brought by the personal representative of an estate under the wrongful death act is recoverable only against the assets of the estate. Johnson v. Schneegold, 419 So.2d 684 (Fla. 2d DCA 1982).

AFFIRMED.

SMITH, JOANOS and BARFIELD, JJ., concur.