Case Name: MULLER v SAFEWAY INSURANCE COMPANY
Court: Florida Circuit Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1989-01-25
Citations: 32 Fla. Supp. 2d 145
Docket Number: Case No. 88-113 AP (County Court Case No. 87-17588-SP05)
Parties: MULLER v SAFEWAY INSURANCE COMPANY
Judges: Before GREENBAUM, MORENO, KAHN, JJ.
Reporter: Florida Supplement Second
Volume: 32
Pages: 145–146

Head Matter:
MULLER v SAFEWAY INSURANCE COMPANY
Case No. 88-113 AP (County Court Case No. 87-17588-SP05)
Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Dade County
January 25, 1989
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Dorothy Powers, Fazio, Dawson, DiSalvo, Cannon, Levine & Abers, for appellant.
Steven A. Goldstein, for appellee.
Before GREENBAUM, MORENO, KAHN, JJ.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
KAHN, Judge.
The Order on Attorney's Fees refers to Florida Patient's Compensation v Rowe, 472 So.2d 1145 (Fla. 1985), but does not comply with its requirements. Rowe (pg. 1151) states that the trial court must set forth specific findings as to the number of hours reasonably expended, the hourly rate, and the appropriateness of the reduction or enhancement factors.
The Order on Attorney's Fees refers to expert witness testimony as to a reasonable fee, and the expert's basis for that opinion. The Order makes some findings, but falls short of the Rowe requirements. Freedom Savings & Loan Association v Biltmore Construction Company, Inc., 510 So.2d 1141 (Fla. 2d DCA 1987); Dorsky v Highlands County Title, 13 FLW 1352 (Fla. 2d DCA 1988); Lanham v Lanham, 13 FLW 1593 (Fla. 2d DCA 1988).
The record on appeal contains no documentation (such as a cost affidavit) as would support Appellant's conclusion that the trial court failed to make a proper award of costs.
Accordingly, we reverse the Order on Attorney's Fees and direct the trial court to hold a new evidentiary hearing for the purpose of determining a reasonable fee and to set forth its specific findings as mandated by Rowe. We affirm, however, that portion of the Order relating to costs.
GREENBAUM, J., Dissents.