Case Name: Patti CALHOUN, Appellant, v. RETAIL WHOLESALE AND DEPARTMENT STORE INTERNATIONAL UNION AND INDUSTRY HEALTH BENEFIT FUND, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1984-02-21
Citations: 446 So. 2d 1117
Docket Number: No. 83-1920
Parties: Patti CALHOUN, Appellant, v. RETAIL WHOLESALE AND DEPARTMENT STORE INTERNATIONAL UNION AND INDUSTRY HEALTH BENEFIT FUND, Appellee.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BARK-DULL and BASKIN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 446
Pages: 1117–1117

Head Matter:
Patti CALHOUN, Appellant, v. RETAIL WHOLESALE AND DEPARTMENT STORE INTERNATIONAL UNION AND INDUSTRY HEALTH BENEFIT FUND, Appellee.
No. 83-1920.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Feb. 21, 1984.
Rehearing Denied April 4, 1984.
Adolfo Podrecca, Miami, for appellant.
Wicker, Smith, Blomqvist, Tutan, O’Hara, McCoy, Graham & Lane and Shelley H. Leinicke, Miami, for appellee.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BARK-DULL and BASKIN, JJ.

Opinion:
SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.
The trial court correctly ruled that the appellee Fund, established pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement for the payment of specified benefits to union members like the appellant Calhoun, is not an "insurer" liable for attorney's fees under Sec. 627.428, Fla.Stat. (1981). Sec. 624.03, Fla.Stat. (1981); Brotherhood's Relief and Compensation Fund v. Cagnina, 155 So.2d 820 (Fla. 2d DCA 1963); see Zinke-Smith, Inc. v. Florida Insurance Guarantee Association, Inc., 304 So.2d 507 (Fla. 4th DCA 1974), cert. denied, 315 So.2d 469 (Fla.1975).
Affirmed.