On January 19th, the Florida Supreme Court issued its opinion in , which decided whether an insured is entitled to recover attorney’s fees from the Florida Insurance Guaranty Association (FIGA). I wrote about the case in October 2010, when it was at the lower appellate level, in .
The case stems from a Hurricane Charley claim with Florida Preferred Property Insurance Company. The trial court ordered FIGA to pay the insured’s attorney’s fees pursuant to Florida Statute §627.428. Relying in part upon a Third District Court of Appeals case, , the trial court held that the insured’s right to attorney’s fees and costs was a covered claim. FIGA a
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