Opinion
No. 1D04-1116.
August 31, 2005. Rehearing Denied October 6, 2005.
An appeal from the Circuit Court for Leon County. L. Ralph Smith, Judge.
John R. Blue, Esq., Sylvia H. Walbolt, Esq., and Annette M. Lang, Esq. of Carlton, Fields, P.A., St. Petersburg for Murray B. Silverstein, P.A. and Cynthia A. Mikos, P.A.
Larry D. Simpson, Esq. of Judkins, Simpson, High Villeneuve, Tallahassee for Broad and Cassel, for Appellants.
Diane D. Tremor, Esq. and Chris H. Bentley, Esq. of Rose, Sundstrom Bentley, LLP, Tallahassee for Tallahassee Orthopedic Surgery Partners, Ltd.
Mercer K. Clarke, Esq. of Clarke, Silverglate, Campbell, Williams Montgomery, Miami for Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories, Inc.
Mark A. Hendricks, Esq. of Panza, Mauer Maynard, P.A., Ft. Lauderdale for HealthSouth Corporation.
Robert R. Hearn, Esq. of Zuckerman, Spaeder, LLP, Tampa for Laboratory Corporation of America, for Appellees.
Appellants, Murray B. Silverstein, P.A. and Cynthia A. Mikos, P.A., contend that the trial court erred in declining to apply a multiplier to the class action attorneys' fee award. While we may disagree with the trial court's decision, we are unable to say that the court abused its discretion in so ruling. See Jones Granger v. Johnson, 788 So.2d 381, 385 (Fla. 1st DCA 2001) ("In reviewing a decision of the trial court under the abuse of discretion standard, our mere disagreement with the reasoning of the trial court is not sufficient for reversal."); Pellar v. Granger Asphalt Paving, Inc., 687 So.2d 282, 285 (Fla. 1st DCA 1997) (noting that a trial court's order must be affirmed if reasonable people could differ as to the propriety of the court's action) (citing Canakaris v. Canakaris, 382 So.2d 1197 (Fla. 1980)). Accordingly, we AFFIRM.
ALLEN, LEWIS and HAWKES, JJ., concur.