Case Name: AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY COMPANY, Petitioner, v. C.B. HERBERT and Annie Herbert, Respondents
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1998-03-13
Citations: 706 So. 2d 417
Docket Number: No. 97-2314
Parties: AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY COMPANY, Petitioner, v. C.B. HERBERT and Annie Herbert, Respondents.
Judges: W. SHARP and ANTOON, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 706
Pages: 417–417

Head Matter:
AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY COMPANY, Petitioner, v. C.B. HERBERT and Annie Herbert, Respondents.
No. 97-2314.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
March 13, 1998.
James W. Sears of Sears & Manuel, P.A., Orlando, for Petitioner.
J. Gordon Blau of J. Gordon Blau, P.A., Orlando, for Respondents.

Opinion:
DAUKSCH, Judge.
The same legal issue was raised in another certiorari proceeding, where this court held that in an action alleging a motor vehicle dealer's violation of Florida's Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act, attorney's fees could not be recovered from a surety bond which does not provide for such fees. The petition for writ of certiorari is therefore granted and the circuit court appellate decision is quashed. See Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Hubbel, 704 So.2d 1141 (Fla. 5th DCA 1998).
QUASHED.
W. SHARP and ANTOON, JJ., concur.