State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. Best Medical Treatments, Inc.
In a PIP suit brought by a medical provider as assignee, the trial court entered a fee award payable directly to the plaintiff's attorney rather than to the plaintiff. The Third District reversed, holding that section 627.428(1) requires attorney's fees to be adjudged in favor of the insured or beneficiary ot not that a judgment cannot run in favor of non-party counsel.
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