Case Name: HIGHLANDS INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Morris KRAVECAS, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2000-03-01
Citations: 751 So. 2d 763
Docket Number: No. 3D99-1656
Parties: HIGHLANDS INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Morris KRAVECAS, Appellee.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and GODERICH and RAMIREZ, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 751
Pages: 763–764

Head Matter:
HIGHLANDS INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Morris KRAVECAS, Appellee.
No. 3D99-1656.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
March 1, 2000.
Parenti, Falk, Waas, Hernandez & Cor-tina and Gail Leverett Parenti, Coral Gables, for appellant.
Ress, Mintz & Truppman; Lauri Wald-man Ross and Teresa L. Girten, Miami, for appellee.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and GODERICH and RAMIREZ, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Although we find no abuse of discretion in the determinations of the time appropriately expended by the plaintiffs attorney and his hourly rate, we conclude that there is no basis for the 2.0 multiplier applied by the trial court. See Standard Guar. Ins. Co. v. Quanstrom, 555 So.2d 828 (Fla.1990); Gonzalez v. Veloso, 731 So.2d 63 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999); Simmons v. Royal Floral Distributors, Inc., 724 So.2d 99 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998); Askowitz v. Susan Feuer Interior Design, Inc., 563 So.2d 752 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990), review denied, 576 So.2d 292 (Fla.1991).
Accordingly, the cause is remanded with directions to make an award of one-half of the present judgment for attorney's fees.
GODERICH and RAMIREZ, JJ., concur.