GEICO GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. PATRICK N. YVARS

S IXTH D ISTRICT C OURT OF APPEAL
S TATE OF FLORIDA
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Case No. 6D2025-0364
Lower Tribunal No. 2020-CA-003972
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GEICO G ENERAL I NSURANCE COMPANY,
Appellant,
v.
P ATRICK N. Y VARS ,
Appellee.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Orange County.
Heather Pinder Rodriguez, Judge.
December 19, 2025
PER CURIAM.
GEICO General Insurance Company seeks reversal of orders entered in favor
of Patrick N. Yvars finding entitlement to, and awarding, attorneys’ fees. 	GEICO
argues that this Court’s decision in GEICO General Insurance Company v. Yvars,
50 Fla. L. Weekly D2267 (Fla. 6th DCA Oct. 17, 2025) (“GEICO I”), mandates
reversal of those orders. We agree.
In GEICO I, this Court reversed and remanded for the trial court to enter an
amended final judgment in Yvars’s favor in the amount of $20,000.00. Id. at D2267.

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Because that amount is not “at least 25 percent greater than” Yvars’s $25,000.00
Proposal for Settlement, he is not entitled to recover attorneys’ fees. 	§ 768.79(1),
Fla. Stat. (2020). 	Accordingly, we reverse the orders finding entitlement to, and
awarding, attorneys’ fees.
REVERSED and REMANDED.
WHITE, MIZE and KAMOUTSAS, JJ., concur.
Sharon C. Degnan, of Kubicki Draper, Orlando, for Appellant.
Brian J. Lee, of Morgan & Morgan, Jacksonville, for Appellee.
NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING
AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF TIMELY FILED