United Automobile Insurance Company, Appellant, v. LLC (2023)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

United Automobile Insurance Company, Appellant, v. Path Medical, LLC, a/a/o Cesar Silva, Appellee.

No. 3D22-258

Decided: April 19, 2023

Before EMAS, SCALES and HENDON, JJ.

Michael J. Neimand, for appellant. Flaxman Law Group, and Charles Flaxman (Hollywood), for appellee.

Affirmed. See Travieso v. Travieso, 474 So. 2d 1184, 1186 (Fla. 1985) (“We hold that pursuant to section 92.231, expert witness fees, at the discretion of the trial court, may be taxed as costs for a lawyer who testifies as an expert as to reasonable attorney's fees”); United Auto. Ins. Co. v. Feijoo, 356 So. 3d 304 (Fla. 3d DCA 2023); Bystrom v. Florida Rock Ind., Inc., 513 So. 2d 742, 743 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987) (reaffirming that “a trial judge has discretion to determine reasonable expert witness fees and tax these fees as costs”). See also Albanese Popkin Hughes Cove, Inc. v. Scharlin, 141 So. 3d 743, 745 (Fla. 3d DCA 2014) (“A trial court's award of costs is reviewed by appellate courts for an abuse of discretion.”)

PER CURIAM.

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