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Listed below is McConnaughhay, Coonrod, Pope, Weaver & Stern, P.A.'s workers' compensation case law database. The database dates back until 1971 and includes over 5500 workers' compensation court decisions.
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Employer's Cas. Ins. Co., Workers' Compensation Lienholder v. Manfredo
542 So.2d 1365, 14 Fla. L. Week. 1131, (Fla.App. 3 Dist., May 09, 1989)
3rd DCA determined workers' compensation lien by comparing the net amount received by the claimant in the 3rd party action (i.e. settlement amount less attorney's fees and costs) to the gross value of the case. Following the opinion of the Supreme Court in the case of Nikula v. Michigan Mutual Insurance Company. 531 So. 2d 330 (Florida 1988) the court determined that the ratio of the net benefits received to the total value of the case times the amounts paid in workers' compensation benefits was the appropriate formula for determining the workers' compensation carrier's recovery in the third party action.