Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-07-19 14:04:25.193005+00
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Third District Court of Appeal
                               State of Florida

                          Opinion filed July 19, 2023.
       Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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                             No. 3D21-1865
                      Lower Tribunal No. 18-2201SP
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                United Automobile Insurance Company,
                       Appellant/Cross-Appellee,

                                     vs.

          Open MRI of Miami-Dade, Ltd., a/a/o Tony de Soto,
                      Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

     A Cross-Appeal from the County Court for Miami-Dade County, Linda
Singer Stein, Judge.

      Cole, Scott & Kissane, P.A., and Michael A. Rosenberg, and Nicholas
Bastidas (Plantation), for appellant/cross-appellee.

      Buchalter, Hoffman, and Dorchak, and Kenneth J. Dorchak, for
appellee/cross-appellant.

Before SCALES, LINDSEY and GORDO, JJ.

     PER CURIAM.
     Affirmed. See United Auto. Ins. Co. v. Gibson, 355 So. 3d 955, 956

(Fla. 4th DCA 2023) (applying an abuse of discretion standard of review and

reversing an award of pre-suit attorney’s fees where the trial court made no

finding that the insurer’s conduct was unreasonable); U.S. Fid. & Guar. Co.

v. Rosado, 606 So. 2d 628, 629 (Fla. 3d DCA 1992) (holding that attorney’s

fees for pre-suit legal services may be compensable only if the insurer’s

conduct was unreasonable).

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