HEIGHT

v.

MIAMI TERMINAL TRANSPORT CO.

Citator

Cited By

• Martinez v. Scanlan, 582 So. 2d 1167 (Fla. 1991)
  …t stressed the fact that the state had continued to require the tax to be paid even after the lower court declared the statute invalid and the state should have known it to be invalid. . In Sullivan v. Mayo, 121 So. 2d 424 (Fla.1960), cert. denied, 133 So. 2d 647 (Fla.1961), we held that substantive rights are fixed at the time of the injury to the employee, and courts have declined to apply retroactively amendments to the workers’ compensation laws. On the other hand, in Coon v. Board of Pub. Instruction, 2…
• Timmeny v. Tropical Botanicals Corp./Zurich Ins. Co., 615 So. 2d 811 (Fla. 1st DCA 1993)
  …judgment the above amendment is clearly substantive in its effect, and, because it was enacted after the date of claimant’s injury, it can be accorded only prospective application. See Sullivan v. Mayo, 121 So. 2d 424, 428 (Fla.1960), cert. denied, 133 So. 2d 647 (Fla.1961). As a consequence, claimant’s right to assert es-toppel in defense to the employer’s con-troversion of the claim based upon the stat [*818] ute of limitations would, if his defense were governed by the rules of civil procedure, be conside…
• Volusia Mem'l Park & Nationwide Ins. Co. v. White, 549 So. 2d 1114 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989)
  …ate of the injury and are not subject to impairment by subsequent amendment of the law, and that this general rule applies to the statutory provisions governing the award of attorney's fees. Sullivan v. Mayo, 121 So. 2d 424 (Fla.1960), cert. denied, 133 So. 2d 647 (Fla.1961). This general rule does not, however, apply to procedural enactments. City of Clermont v. Rumph, 450 So. 2d 573 (Fla. 1st DCA), rev. denied, 458 So. 2d 271 (Fla.1984); W.R. Grace v. Marshall, 405 So. 2d 444 (Fla. 1st DCA 1981). The 1983 a…