( April 29, 2025, 8:16 AM EDT) -- TAMPA, Fla. — Concluding in part that a rejected $30,000 offer of judgment made in 2021 was covered by a Florida fee-shifting statute, a Florida federal magistrate judge recommended granting a motion in which defendants in a cardiac surgeon’s lawsuit over denial of a disability benefits claim contend that they are entitled to attorney fees they estimate at $88,148.50....