District Court of Appeal of Florida

Award of attorney's fees in an action involving worker's compensation benefits by an insured against the insurer is reversed where the district court lacked statutory authorization to award any attorney's fees beyond those for a rule nisi proceeding to enforce payments of compensation.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/15/2006
• Published 03/15/2006

Judges

• PER CURIAM., Before GERSTEN, GREEN and SUAREZ, JJ.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Wiederhold & Moses, and Robert D. Moses, West Palm Beach;  Pallo Marks & Hernandez, and Bram Gechtman;  Marjorie Gadarian Graham, Palm Beach Gardens, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Richard Burke, and Mark J. Feldman, Miami, for appellees.