Case Name: WINTER PARK MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, INC., et al., Appellants, v. David Watkins JEMISON, etc., et al., Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1987-11-05
Citations: 514 So. 2d 1134
Docket Number: No. 86-2125
Parties: WINTER PARK MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, INC., et al., Appellants, v. David Watkins JEMISON, etc., et al., Appellees.
Judges: COBB, J. and LEE, R.E., Jr., Associate Judge, concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 514
Pages: 1134–1135

Head Matter:
WINTER PARK MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, INC., et al., Appellants, v. David Watkins JEMISON, etc., et al., Appellees.
No. 86-2125.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
Nov. 5, 1987.
Janet W. Adams of Adams, Hill, Fulford & Morgan, Orlando, for appellants.
David B. King and Mark E. Timmes of King & Blackwell, P.A., Orlando, for appel-lees.

Opinion:
ORFINGER, Judge.
We affirm the award of attorney's fees to the plaintiffs who prevailed in this medical malpractice action which accrued on July 20, 1983. We reject appellant's contention that because no judgment had been entered prior to the time the repealer became effective, the subsequent repeal of section 768.56 abolished plaintiffs' substantive right to recover attorney's fees. The right to recover attorney's fees became vested when the cause of action accrued since the statute was then in effect. Young v. Altenhaus, 472 So.2d 1152 (Fla.1985); L. Ross, Inc. v. R.W. Roberts Construction Co., Inc., 466 So.2d 1096 (Fla. 5th DCA 1985), affirmed, 481 So.2d 484 (Fla.1986). See also Neviaser v. Stone, 510 So.2d 636 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987); Umbel v. Upadkyaya, 508 So.2d 32 (Fla. 2d DCA 1987) and Liebeler v. Zimmerman, 513 So. 2d 1310 (Fla. 2d DCA 1987).
AFFIRMED.
COBB, J. and LEE, R.E., Jr., Associate Judge, concur.