Case Name: GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. EAST COAST SUPPLY CORP., a Florida Corporation, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1979-12-07
Citations: 377 So. 2d 256
Docket Number: No. 78-2132
Parties: GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. EAST COAST SUPPLY CORP., a Florida Corporation, Appellee.
Judges: SCHEB, Acting C. J., and OTT and RYDER, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 377
Pages: CCCXXXVI–CCCXXXVI

Head Matter:
GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. EAST COAST SUPPLY CORP., a Florida Corporation, Appellee.
No. 78-2132.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
Dec. 7, 1979.
Phillip A. Baumann and Joseph G. Thresher of Shackleford, Farrior, Stallings & Evans, P. A., Tampa, for appellant.
Law Offices of Robert S. Levy, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We affirm the judgment, but remand for reduction of the attorney's fee awarded. Section 627.756(2), Fla.Stat. (1977), permits an award of attorney's fees of not more than 12V2% of the amount of final judgment. The attorney's fee awarded below was $5,000.00, more than 121/2% of the final judgment of $7,132.89. The trial court should reduce the award to an amount not greater than 12V2% of the final judgment of $7,132.89. Appellee's motion for appellate attorney's fees is granted, and the trial court is directed to award a reasonable fee on remand.
SCHEB, Acting C. J., and OTT and RYDER, JJ., concur.