Attorney's fees -- Timeliness of motion -- Defendant not entitled to award of statutorily mandated attorney's fees under section 776.032(3) where defendant filed motion for fees and costs after the thirty-day time limit imposed by rule 1.525 had expired, and…

ERROR TO GRANT DIRECTED VERDICT FOR DEFENDANT ANESTHESIOLOGIST, WHERE THERE WAS EVIDENCE TO PERMIT A REASONABLE FACT FINDER TO CONCLUDE THE PHYSICIAN WAS NEGLIGENT. Ruiz v. Tenet Hialeah Healthsystem, 43 Fla. L. Weekly S655 (Fla. December 20, 2018): After the…