Supreme Court of Florida

In claim following judgment in favor of petitioner-life insurance company, the Fifth District's decision in AmerUs Life Ins. Co. v. Lait, is quashed where the thirty-day time requirement under rule Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.525 does not apply when the trial court has already determined entitlement to attorneys' fees and costs, and only reserves jurisdiction to determine the amount.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/29/2009
• Published 01/29/2009

Judges

• QUINCE, C.J.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robin S. Moselle of Jacobson, Sobo and Moselle, Plantation, Florida, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael H. Lait, pro se, Orlando, Florida, for Respondent.