Case Name: Luis SANCHEZ, et al., Appellant, v. STATE FARM FLORIDA INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2008-12-24
Citations: 997 So. 2d 1209
Docket Number: No. 3D08-648
Parties: Luis SANCHEZ, et al., Appellant, v. STATE FARM FLORIDA INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee.
Judges: Before SHEPHERD, CORTIÑAS, and SALTER, 33.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 997
Pages: 1209–1210

Head Matter:
Luis SANCHEZ, et al., Appellant, v. STATE FARM FLORIDA INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee.
No. 3D08-648.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Dec. 24, 2008.
Alvarez & Carbonell and Benjamin R. Alvarez, Miami, for appellant.
Richard A. Warren, Miami; Rudd & Diamond and Michael R. Rudd, Miami, for appellee.
Before SHEPHERD, CORTIÑAS, and SALTER, 33.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We deny the appellee's motion for attorney's fees. The appellant voluntarily dismissed the appeal before briefs were filed. The only papers filed here by the appellee were a three-paragraph motion to impose sanctions and a four-paragraph motion for attorney's fees. The issue is not whether the appellee "prevailed" here, see Arango v. United Auto. Ins. Co., 901 So.2d 320 (Fla. 3d DCA 2005), but rather whether fees and costs must be remanded, a further trial court hearing set, and additional judicial labor incurred, for activity best characterized as "de minimis." Motion denied.
CORTIÑAS and SALTER, JJ., concur.