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S. Fla. Pain v. Utd. Auto. Ins.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
May 11, 2011
36 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. D 994 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2011)

Opinion

         Appeal treated as a petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County; Ana I. Gardiner, Judge; L.T. Case Nos. 08-8308 COCE 53 and 09-26893 11.

          Joseph R. Dawson of Law Offices of Joseph R. Dawson, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for petitioner.

          Lara J. Edelstein of United Automobile Insurance Company Office of General Counsel, Miami, for respondent.


          PER CURIAM.

         We treat the notice of appeal as a petition for a writ of certiorari. See Brass & Singer, P.A. v. United Auto. Ins. Co., 919 So.2d 473, 474 n. 1 (Fla. 3d DCA 2005) (" Certiorari is the procedure for review in this court of the denial of appellate attorney's fees by the appellate division of the circuit court." ). A writ of certiorari may be granted to review the circuit court sitting as an appellate court " only when there has been a violation of a clearly established principle of law resulting in a miscarriage of justice." Allstate Ins. Co. v. Kaklamanos, 843 So.2d 885, 889 (Fla.2003). The circuit court denied petitioner's motion for attorney's fees because petitioner requested fees in its brief and did not file a separate motion. The circuit court applied the correct law of this district. See McCreary v. Fla. Residential Prop. & Cas. Joint Underwriting Ass'n, 758 So.2d 692, 696 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999). On the record before us, no miscarriage of justice has resulted. Therefore, we deny the petition.

          Petition denied.

          MAY, DAMOORGIAN and LEVINE, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

S. Fla. Pain v. Utd. Auto. Ins.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
May 11, 2011
36 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. D 994 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2011)
Case details for

S. Fla. Pain v. Utd. Auto. Ins.

Case Details

Full title:SOUTH FLORIDA PAIN AND REHABILITATION CENTER, INC., Petitioner, v. UNITED…

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: May 11, 2011

Citations

36 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. D 994 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2011)
36 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. D 994

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