District Court of Appeal of Florida

In a dispute involving the manner of calculating assessments levied on workers' compensation carriers, a judgment partially granting a workers' compensation insurance carrier relief concerning certain assessments is reversed where, for purposes of equitable estoppel, the carrier was not justified in relying on departmental employees' informal views concerning the propriety of a deduction.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/27/2006
• Published 03/27/2006

Judges

• BENTON, J.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Barry Richard, Esquire, M. Hope Keating, Esquire and Laureen Galeoto, Esquire of Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Tallahassee, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee., Michael H. Davidson, Assistant Attorney General, Department of Financial Services, Charlie Crist, Attorney General, J. Clifton Cox, Assistant Attorney General and Christopher M. Kise, Solicitor General, Louis F. Hubener, Chief Deputy Solicitor General, Tallahassee, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant.