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~INAL JODC3M8N'r FOR ATTORNSYS FSBS'
~ This matter came be~ore the Court on befendant'e Motion for.
attoraey~ fees and Qoets.~ The C4urt has cansidared ~he matter,
~ teetimony, other evidence pxeseated and:argumente of counee2.
At the titae of, ~the hearing, the attorney for the Defendant
announced no ~oots were being eought except reaeonable
attorneys' feea. - Tbe attorney for I~efendan~ testified that = he _
had an_ unWritten eontangent fee ayreement with~ hie c2fent, -
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pureuant to wbich h~ would riot receive attorneye feea unless ~
_ aaarded by the Court. ~~Introduc~ed into evidence as Defendant's.
BYhibit No. 1 wa~ the tiiae reaords of the attorney for
Defendant, It ia significant ta the Court tbat this was one of
three cases it?volving different Defendante, but the ea~e faets
and legal issuea. The ca$ee were not consolidated. However, -
they.were"~onsidered at the eame time, -
- Pur~uant to Florida Patient•s Compend~tion Fund v. Rowre. 472 "
So.2d 1145 tFla. 19~5~ ttie tirst atep for the Court to consider
is the nwaber of houre reasonably expended on the litigation. It _
ap~are from the~time records in thie case, as wsll ae the. ather
two companivn eaees, that there ~re sowe duplioat~on of time
~ eharge~a for some of the services.~ Por inatance, the.ti~e record
- in each ca~e ahowe 1.0 houre on August 27, 198?, to review this _
Court•~ judgment and preparation of a letter'to his client. The ~
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~udgment in eacti Ca~e aae a~duplicate, except for the cae~ etyle.
The Court feele the -~otal of 3.0 hot~rs mugt cantaa.n ` some .
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