Case Name: AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY CO., Appellant, v. FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK OF FLORIDA, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1998-03-25
Citations: 711 So. 2d 1166
Docket Number: Nos. 97-1416, 97-1012
Parties: AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY CO., Appellant, v. FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK OF FLORIDA, Appellee.
Judges: Before NESBITT, LEVY and SORONDO, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 711
Pages: 1166–1166

Head Matter:
AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY CO., Appellant, v. FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK OF FLORIDA, Appellee.
Nos. 97-1416, 97-1012.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
March 25, 1998.
Rehearing Denied July 15, 1998.
Andrew V. Tramont, Miami, for appellant.
Gallwey Gillman Curtis Vento & Horn and Karen H. Curtis and Stephen B. Gillman, Miami, for appellee.
Before NESBITT, LEVY and SORONDO, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The record herein fails to reflect substantial competent evidence to support the appel-lee's contention that it incurred attorney's fees as a result of the appellant's failure to pay, or delay in paying, the $210,000.00 that appellant owed to appellee by virtue of the default of the borrower. Rather, it is clear from the record that, even if the appellant had immediately paid the $210,000.00 in question, the appellee would have incurred all of the attorney's fees that it did, in fact, incur because of appellee's lawsuit against the borrower wherein appellee sought to recover $2.6 million and, in addition, the fact that appellee further incurred attorney's fees in defending against the counter-claim filed by the borrower in an amount in excess of $20 million. Accordingly, the order under review is reversed and this cause is remanded for the purpose of allowing the trial court to enter such orders as are appropriate and consistent herewith.