Mealey's (May 2, 2023, 2:33 PM EDT) -- TAMPA, Fla. — A federal magistrate judge issued a report and recommendation stating that attorney fee requests should be denied in GEICO’s suit alleging that a windshield repair shop and its owners committed fraud and violated the Florida Motor Vehicle Repair Act by submitting insurance claims for repairs that were unnecessary or not performed, finding that “the ends of justice are best served” by denying the motions and allowing them to be refiled after the resolution of GEICO’s appeal to the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals....