Case Name: HANOVER INSURANCE CO., Appellant, v. Evelyn SHEVELIN, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1984-01-25
Citations: 444 So. 2d 551
Docket Number: No. 82-2390
Parties: HANOVER INSURANCE CO., Appellant, v. Evelyn SHEVELIN, Appellee.
Judges: BERANEK, GLICKSTEIN and HURLEY, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 444
Pages: 551–552

Head Matter:
HANOVER INSURANCE CO., Appellant, v. Evelyn SHEVELIN, Appellee.
No. 82-2390.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Jan. 25, 1984.
William J. Berger of Tew, Spittler, Berger & Bluestein, Coral Gables, for appellant.
Terry Ellen Fixel, Hollywood, for appel-lee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The provision of the final judgment which taxes arbitration expenses of $750.00 (one-half of the three arbitrators' fees) as a court cost is reversed on the authority of Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co. v. Meade, 404 So.2d 1141 (Fla. 5th DCA 1981), aff'd., 423 So.2d 908 (Fla.1982); Rutkin v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., 195 So.2d 221 (Fla. 3d DCA), aff'd., 199 So.2d 705 (Fla.1967); see also section 682.11, Florida Statutes (1981); Carter v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., 224 So.2d 802 (Fla. 1st DCA 1969). The final judgment is affirmed in all other respects.
AFFIRMED IN PART; REVERSED IN PART.
BERANEK, GLICKSTEIN and HURLEY, JJ., concur.