Case Name: AVIS RENT-A-CAR SYSTEMS and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Appellants, v. Barbara HULBERT, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1986-04-29
Citations: 487 So. 2d 1168
Docket Number: No. BI-292
Parties: AVIS RENT-A-CAR SYSTEMS and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Appellants, v. Barbara HULBERT, Appellee.
Judges: NIMMONS and BARFIELD, JJ., and FRANK, RICHARD H., Associate Judge, concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 487
Pages: 1168–1168

Head Matter:
AVIS RENT-A-CAR SYSTEMS and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Appellants, v. Barbara HULBERT, Appellee.
No. BI-292.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
April 29, 1986.
Bernard J. Zimmerman, of Zimmerman, Shuffield, Kiser & Sutcliffe, P.A., Orlando, for appellants.
Margaret E. Sojourner, of Daze & Sojourner, P.A., Orlando, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
AFFIRMED. However, appellee's counsel did not file a timely motion for attorney's fees for services in connection with this appeal as authorized by section 440.-34(5), Florida Statutes (1983). Had a timely motion been filed, a fee would have been granted under the statute, in accordance with prior rulings of this court. The failure of appellee's counsel to assert and protect this claimant's statutory rights to recoup such fees makes it inappropriate and improper for counsel to seek or require claimant to pay any fee on account of services on this appeal. Counsel for appellee shall deliver a copy of this opinion to her client. Antennas for Communication v. Compton, 482 So.2d 610 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986).
NIMMONS and BARFIELD, JJ., and FRANK, RICHARD H., Associate Judge, concur.