Case Name: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. John WARE, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1980-12-16
Citations: 391 So. 2d 331
Docket Number: No. 79-2300
Parties: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. John WARE, Appellee.
Judges: Before HUBBART, C. J., NESBITT, J., and MELVIN, WOODROW M. (Ret.), Associate Judge.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 391
Pages: 331–331

Head Matter:
STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. John WARE, Appellee.
No. 79-2300.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Dec. 16, 1980.
Walton, Lantaff, Schroeder & Carson and Joan S. Buckley, Miami, for appellant.
Samuel J. Hannon and C. J. Van Delin-der, Miami, for appellee.
Before HUBBART, C. J., NESBITT, J., and MELVIN, WOODROW M. (Ret.), Associate Judge.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The final order under review awarding plaintiff attorney's fees in an action against the insured is reversed in that no final judgment on the merits has been rendered by the trial court in the plaintiff's favor which is necessary to activate Section 627.-428(1), Florida Statutes (1979). Insurance Company of North America v. Electric Power & Service, Inc., 384 So.2d 915 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980); American Home Assurance Company v. Keller Industries, Inc., 347 So.2d 767 (Fla. 3d DCA 1977), cert. denied, 360 So.2d 1249 (Fla.1978), cert. dismissed, 367 So.2d 1124 (Fla.1979).
Reversed and remanded.