Florida Statute 772.185 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLV
TORTS

Chapter 772
CIVIL REMEDIES FOR CRIMINAL PRACTICES

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772.185 Attorney’s fees taxed as costs.—Attorney’s fees awarded under this chapter shall be taxed as costs.

History.—s. 3, ch. 86-277.

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St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. v. Vinecki (In Re Vinecki), 247 B.R. 327 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 2000).

Cited 1 times | Published | United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida | 13 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. B 141, 2000 Bankr. LEXIS 376, 2000 WL 390550

...on which calls for an allowance for these items. cf. TranSouth Financial Corp. of Florida v. Johnson, 931 F.2d 1505 (11th Cir.1991). In support of the proposition that it is appropriate to award attorney's fees, counsel for St. Paul cites Fla. Stat. 772.185 entitled "Civil Remedies for Criminal Practices." This Statute ostensibly authorizes an award of attorney's fees and costs for a multiple criminal practices and, among others, submitting a false insurance claim, Fla.Stat....

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