Opinion
CASE NO. 1D00-3406
Opinion filed October 2, 2001.
An appeal from the Circuit Court for Walton County, Lewis R. Lindsey, Judge.
Bert E. Moore of Bert Moore, P.A., Niceville, for Appellants.
Mark D. Davis of Andrews Davis, DeFuniak Springs, for Appellee.
We affirm the judgment on the pleadings. However, as appellee concedes, it was error to award attorney's fees without making findings concerning the reasonableness of either the hourly rate or the number of hours expended. See Florida Patient's Compensation Fund v. Rowe, 472 So.2d 1145 (Fla. 1985). Accordingly, we reverse the award of attorney's fees and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.
AFFIRMED IN PART; REVERSED IN PART; and REMANDED, with directions.
WEBSTER, BROWNING and POLSTON, JJ., CONCUR.