Susan Kane v. Washington Natioal Insurance Company

[DO NOT PUBLISH]
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
No. 11-16112
Non-Argument Calendar
D. C. Docket No. 9:10-cv-81118-KLR
SUSAN KANE,
as next friend of Vera Klein,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
versus
WASHINGTON NATIONAL
INSURANCE COMPANY,
Defendant-Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Florida
(October 16, 2012)
Before TJOFLAT, MARCUS and FAY, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
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This is an appeal of an attorney’s fee award made pursuant to § 627.428,
Fla. Stat. (2010), in a contingency fee case brought against an insurance company
by a policy holder. Appellant argues that the District Court, in fashioning the
award, committed “reversible error in its determination of the ‘Lodestar’ amount.”
Appellant’s Br. at 13. The question before this court is whether the District Court
abused its discretion in arriving at the Lodestar amount and in fixing the fee
awarded. After examining the parties’ submissions to the District Court regarding
the attorney’s fee issue and their briefs on appeal, we find no abuse of discretion.
The District Court’s judgment is accordingly
AFFIRMED.
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