FLOYD RIVERS, PETITIONER,

v.

LOUIE L. WAINWRIGHT, DIRECTOR, DIVISION OF CORRECTIONS, RESPONDENT

Citator

Cited By

• Southland Corp. & Kemper Ins. Grp. v. Special Disability Tr. Fund, 526 So. 2d 1039 (Fla. 1st DCA 1988)
  …% of the amount paid as funeral expenses.” In construing this statute, the Florida Supreme Court found that “the term ‘compensation for death’ describes ‘death benefits,’ excluding funeral expenses.” Special Disability Trust Fund v. Southland Corp., 322 So. 2d 900, 907 (Fla.1975). The court stated that “[i]t seems reasonably clear from a reading of the statute that the Legislature did not intend to include funeral expenses in the general term ‘death benefits,’ or otherwise there would have been no point in th…
• Whiskey Creek Country Club & Claims Ctr. v. Rizer, 599 So. 2d 734 (Fla. 1st DCA 1992)
  …da Statutes (1989), provide for the assessment of penalties and interest if any installment of “compensation” is not timely paid. Funeral expenses, like medical expenses, are not “compensation.”1 See Special Disability Trust Fund v. Southland Corp., 322 So. 2d 900 (Fla.1975); Brantley v. ADH Bldg. Contractors, Inc., 215 So. 2d 297 (Fla.1968); Southland Corp. v. Special Disability Trust Fund, 526 So. 2d 1039 (Fla. 1st DCA 1988); Smith v. General Conference of Seventh Day Adventists, 535 So. 2d 611 (Fla. 1st DC…

Authorities Cited

• Schell v. Louie L. Wainwright, 322 So. 2d 897 (Fla. 1975)