Florida Farm Bureau Ins. v. Reynolds

Full title: FLORIDA FARM BUREAU INSURANCE COMPANY, APPELLANT, v. MINTER REYNOLDS, ET…

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District

Date published: Apr 23, 1987

505 So. 2d 698 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1987)

Opinion

No. 86-788.

April 23, 1987.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Marion County; Raymond T. McNeal, Judge.

Michael W. Jones of Baxley Jones, Gainesville, for appellant.

Jeffrey C. Fullford of Adams, Hill Fullford, P.A., Orlando, for appellee Monroe Regional Medical Center.

Andrew G. Pattillo, Jr., and David A. Glenny of Pattillo McKeever, P.A., Ocala, for appellees Harry F. Jones, M.D., and Harry F. Jones, F.A.C.S., P.A.

Lamar D. Oxford of Dean, Ringers, Morgan Lawton, Orlando, for appellee Minter Reynolds.

DAUKSCH, Judge.

Because the parties have settled the claim and there is no statute permitting the award of attorneys fees for this type of claim at this time, we dismiss this appeal as moot. Goodfriend v. Druck, 289 So.2d 710 (Fla. 1974); Zobac v. Southeastern Hospital District of Palm Beach County, 382 So.2d 829 (Fla. 4th DCA 1980).

DISMISSED.

SHARP and COWART, JJ., concur.