Bostick v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

Filing 177

ORDER: The Report and Recommendation (Doc. # 173 ) is ADOPTED. (2)Defendant's Motion to Tax Costs (Doc. # 156 ) is GRANTED in PART and DENIED in PART such that State Farm is entitled to $16,351.23 in taxable costs, plus prejudgment interest, as specified in the Report and Recommendation. Signed by Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington on 3/23/2018. (KAK)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
TAMPA DIVISION
LISA N. BOSTICK,
Plaintiff,
Case No. 8:16-cv-1400-T-33AAS
v.
STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE
INSURANCE COMPANY,
Defendant.
_______________________________/
ORDER
This matter is before the Court in consideration of the
March 8, 2018, Report and Recommendation of United States
Magistrate

Judge

Amanda

Arnold

Sansone

(Doc.

#

173),

recommending that Defendant State Farm Mutual Automobile
Insurance Company be awarded $16,351.23 in taxable costs,
plus prejudgment interest, as the prevailing party.

No

objections to the Report and Recommendation have been filed,
and the time for filing objections has passed.
After conducting a careful and complete review of the
findings and recommendations, a district judge may accept,
reject

or

modify

recommendation.

28

the

magistrate

U.S.C.

§

judge’s

636(b)(1);

Wainwright, 681 F.2d 732 (11th Cir. 1982).

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report
Williams

and
v.

In the absence

of

specific

objections,

there

is

no

requirement

that

a

district judge review factual findings de novo, Garvey v.
Vaughn, 993 F.2d 776, 779 n.9 (11th Cir. 1993), and the
court may accept, reject or modify, in whole or in part, the
findings and recommendations.

28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C).

The district judge reviews legal conclusions de novo, even
in the absence of an objection.

See Cooper-Hous. v. S. Ry.

Co., 37 F.3d 603, 604 (11th Cir. 1994); Castro Bobadilla v.
Reno, 826 F. Supp. 1428, 1431-32 (S.D. Fla. 1993), aff’d, 28
F.3d 116 (11th Cir. 1994).
The Court has conducted an independent examination of
the file and upon due consideration, the Court accepts and
adopts

the

Report

and

Recommendation.

The

Report

and

Recommendation thoughtfully addresses the issues presented,
and the Court agrees with the Magistrate Judge’s detailed
and well-reasoned analysis.
Accordingly, it is
ORDERED, ADJUDGED, and DECREED:
(1)

The Report and Recommendation (Doc. # 173) is ADOPTED.

(2)

Defendant’s Motion to Tax Costs (Doc. # 156) is GRANTED
in PART and DENIED in PART such that State Farm is
entitled

to

$16,351.23

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in

taxable

costs,

plus

prejudgment interest, as specified in the Report and
Recommendation.
DONE and ORDERED in Chambers, in Tampa, Florida, this
23rd day of March, 2018.

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