Bostick v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

Filing 190

ORDER: The Report and Recommendation (Doc. # 186 ) is ACCEPTED and ADOPTED. Bostick's Objection (Doc. # 189 ) is OVERRULED. Defendant's Motion for Attorney's Fees (Doc. # 178 ) is GRANTED in the amount of $236,663.48. Signed by Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington on 7/3/2018. (KAK)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
TAMPA DIVISION
LISA N. BOSTICK,
Plaintiff,
v.

Case No. 8:16-cv-1400-T-33AAS

STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE
INSURANCE COMPANY,
Defendant.
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ORDER
This matter is before the Court on consideration of
United States Magistrate Judge Amanda Arnold Sansone’s Report
and Recommendation (Doc. # 186), filed on May 23, 2018,
recommending that Defendant’s Motion for Attorney’s Fees (Doc.
# 178) be granted in the amount of $236,663.48.

On June 6,

2018, Plaintiff Lisa N. Bostick filed an Objection to the
Report and Recommendation (Doc. # 189).

State Farm did not

respond to the Objection. For the reasons that follow, the
Court adopts the Report and Recommendation.
Discussion
After conducting a careful and complete review of the
findings and recommendations, a district judge may accept,
reject

or

modify

the

magistrate

judge’s

report

and

recommendation. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); Williams v. Wainwright,
681 F.2d 732 (11th Cir. 1982), cert. denied, 459 U.S. 1112

(1983).

If a party files a timely and specific objection to

a finding of fact by the magistrate, the district court must
conduct a de novo review with respect to that factual issue.
Stokes v. Singletary, 952 F.2d 1567, 1576 (11th Cir. 1992).
The district judge reviews legal conclusions de novo, even in
the absence of an objection.

See Cooper-Houston 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 Report and Recommendation thoroughly and thoughtfully
addresses the issues presented and none of the arguments
raised in the Objection provide a basis for rejecting the
Report and Recommendation. After conducting a careful and
complete

review

of

the

findings,

conclusions

and

recommendations, and giving de novo review, the Court accepts
the factual findings and legal conclusions of the Magistrate
Judge and the recommendation of the Magistrate Judge.
Accordingly, it is
ORDERED, ADJUDGED, and DECREED:
(1)

The Report and Recommendation (Doc. # 186) is ACCEPTED
and ADOPTED.

(2)

Bostick’s Objection (Doc. # 189) is OVERRULED.

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(3)

Defendant’s Motion for Attorney’s Fees (Doc. # 178) is
GRANTED in the amount of $236,663.48.
DONE and ORDERED in Chambers in Tampa, Florida, this 3rd

day of July, 2018.

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