LONNIE L. WILLIAMS, APPELLANT,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Wiseman v. AT & T Techs., Inc., 569 So. 2d 508 (Fla. 1st DCA 1990)
  …t’s counsel obtained reinstatement of temporary total disability benefits and additional medical care. Here, as in Jackson and Barr v. Pantry Pride, those benefits would not have been forthcoming but for counsel’s efforts. See also Groves v. Butler, 525 So. 2d 1003 (Fla. 1st DCA 1988). The second issue is directed to the judge’s application of the decisions in International Paper Co. v. McKinney, 384 So. 2d 645 (Fla.1980), and Samurai of the Falls, Inc. v. Sul, 509 So. 2d 359 (Fla. 1st DCA), review denied, 51…
• Interior Custom Concepts & Protregrity Servs., Inc. v. Slovak, 969 So. 2d 1095 (Fla. 1st DCA 2007)
  …s fees is appropriate based on a finding of compensability and all other benefits which flow from that finding; that is, the fee should be predicated upon the total benefits secured as a result of the intervention of the attorney.” Groves v. Butler, 525 So. 2d 1003, 1004 (Fla. 1st DCA 1988). [*1097] In this case, the E/C temporarily suspended claimant’s PTD benefits pursuant to the following statute: The employer’s or carrier’s right to conduct vocational evaluations or testing pursuant to s. 440.491 continue…
• City OF Riviera Beach & Gallagher Bassett Servs., Inc. v. Deliso, 713 So. 2d 426 (Fla. 1st DCA 1997)
  …or claimant’s attorney’s intervention, claimant’s injury would not have been accepted as com-pensable and he would have received no benefits. Thus, all benefits that were obtained necessarily flowed from the attorney’s efforts. See Groves v. Butler, 525 So. 2d 1003 (Fla. 1st DCA 1988); Polote Corp. v. Meredith, 482 So. 2d 515 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986) (on reh’g). Cases the E/SA cites for the proposition that an E/SA who contests a claim at the beginning of the case is not liable for attorney’s fees on all subsequent…