District Court of Appeal of Florida

An order denying a workers' compensation claimant's widow's request to enforce a settlement agreement signed by the deceased and his former employer (E/C) immediately prior to his death is reversed where the settlement agreement became a binding, enforceable contract upon the later entry of an order approving attorney's fees.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/14/2006
• Published 09/14/2006

Judges

• WOLF, J.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• William H. McKnight, of William H. McKnight Esquire P.A., Tampa, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• L. Gray Sanders and Denise Puckett, of Barbass, Koenig, Nunez, Sanders & Butler, P.A., Tampa, for Appellees.