WILLIAM SESSION, APPELLANT,

v.

THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Modesto Dilme, Jr. v. SBP Serv., Inc., 649 So. 2d 934 (Fla. 1st DCA 1995)
  …ees to a workers’ compensation claimant is part of a covered claim for which FIGA may be responsible. Gustinger. An award of attorney’s fees is neither a penalty nor outside the scope of the policy. Florida Insurance Guaranty Association v. Renfroe, 568 So. 2d 962 (Fla. 1st DCA 1990), review denied, 581 So. 2d 1308 (Fla.1991). [*936] REVERSED and REMANDED for further proceedings. ALLEN and KAHN, JJ., concur.…
• Clenora Griffin v. Orlando Reg'l Med. Ctr. & Hewitt Coleman & Assocs., Inc., 578 So. 2d 448 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991)
  …n found to be PTD.1 If the facts show that a claimant is PTD as of the MMI date, and the industrial injury occurred in a previous calendar year, then supplemental benefits should be paid from the date of MMI/PTD. Florida Ins. Guar. Ass’n v. Renfroe, 568 So. 2d 962, 965 (Fla. 1st DCA 1990). However, if the evidence does not reveal that the claimant is PTD as of the MMI date, then supplemental benefits are only payable once PTD is determined. Marvin v. Rewis Roofing, 553 So. 2d 314, 316 (Fla.1st DCA 1989) (clai…
• Fla. Cmty. Health Ctr. & Fla. Ins. Guar. Ass'n v. Ross, 590 So. 2d 1037 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991)
  …ty, claimant contends that it should also be responsible for penalties and interest which were caused by FIGA’s mishandling of the claim directly. In making this argument, claimant overlooks that in Florida Insurance Guaranty Association v. Renfroe, 568 So. 2d 962 (Fla. 1st DCA 1990) wherein this court affirmed an award of bad faith attorney’s fees against FIGA, this court expressly premised its holding upon a finding that attorney’s fees are not a penalty so that the proscription of section 631.57(l)(b) did…

Authorities Cited

• Elton E. Ensor v. State, 403 So. 2d 349 (Fla. 1981)
• State v. Puig, 551 So. 2d 552 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989)
• State v. Everald Montgomery Reid, 542 So. 2d 453 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989)