PALM BEACH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD AND F.A. RICHARD & ASSOCIATES, APPELLANTS,

v.

EUMELIA HERNANDEZ, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Jimenez v. Cmty. Asphalt Corp., 968 So. 2d 668 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007)
  …uare, Inc. v. Shaw, 755 So. 2d 721 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999). “One of the most important rules and conditions stated in the Workers Compensation statute is the duty to cooperate” found in section 440.39(7). Shaw v. Cambridge Integrated Servs. Group, Inc., 888 So. 2d 58, 64 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004). Section 440.39(7) states: (7) The employee, employer, and carrier have a duty to cooperate with each other in investigating and prosecuting claims and potential claims against third-party tortfeasors by producing nonprivile…

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• Anderson Columbia & Fcci Ins. Co. v. Brewer, 994 So. 2d 419 (Fla. 1st DCA 2008)
  …on of statutory interpretation. Employers and their workers’ compensation insurers [*421] have no common law right to subrogation of claims brought by injured employees against third-party tortfeasors. Shaw v. Cambridge Integrated Serv. Group, Inc., 888 So. 2d 58, 62 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004). Their right to subrogation is recognized solely as a creature of statute, and as such, is limited by the terms and conditions set forth in the Workers’ Compensation Act. Id. As in any case involving application of a statute,…

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• Summit Claims Mgmt., Inc. v. Lawyers Express Trucking, Inc., 913 So. 2d 1182 (Fla. 4th DCA 2005)
  …he amount later sought to be asserted as a lien. See Zurich, U.S. v. Weeden, 805 So. 2d 945, 949 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001). “Workers’ compensation is a branch of law which is entirely statutory in origin.” Shaw v. Cambridge Integrated Servs. Group, Inc., 888 So. 2d 58, 61 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004). Its creation “involved a legislative balancing of competing interests, creating a system of shared benefits and burdens for its participants.” Sun Bank/South Fla., N.A. v. Baker, 632 So. 2d 669, 672 (Fla. 4th DCA 1994). Give…

Authorities Cited

• Wilson v. State, 712 So. 2d 457 (Fla. 3d DCA 1998)
• Cadco Builders, Inc. v. Roberts, 712 So. 2d 457 (Fla. 1st DCA 1998)