UNITED AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY v. LIFE MEDICAL CENTER CORP (2021)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

UNITED AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. LIFE MEDICAL CENTER CORP., a/a/o Alma A. Guevara, Appellee.

No. 3D21-169

Decided: September 15, 2021

Before HENDON, MILLER, and BOKOR, JJ.

Michael J. Neimand, for appellant. David B. Pakula, P.A., and David B. Pakula (Pembroke Pines); and Corredor & Husseini, P.A., and Maria E. Corredor, for appellee.

ON CONFESSION OF ERROR

The appellee, Life Medical Center Corp., a/a/o Alma A. Guevara (“Life Medical”), has properly confessed error based on the decision in United Automobile Insurance Company v. Professional Medical Group, Inc., 318 So. 3d 1261 (Fla. 3d DCA 2021), in which this Court held that the trial court reversibly erred by awarding attorney's fees without conducting an evidentiary hearing on the reasonableness of attorney's fees. Id. at 1262. Accordingly, we reverse the order under review and remand for an evidentiary hearing.

Reversed and remanded.

HENDON, J.

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