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Workers' Compensation
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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Broward v. Jacksonville Medical Center
22 FLW S132
Claimant settled case with employer/carrier and
deposited settlement proceeds into a bank account. The
question in this case is whether the bank account with
the settlement proceeds is immune from claims of
creditors of the injured worker pursuant to Section
440.22, Florida Statutes. Supreme Court ruled that
Section 440.22 does protect such benefits against
claims of creditors so long as the funds are traceable
to the workers' compensation benefits paid. Section
440.22 prevents beneficiaries of workers' compensation
benefits from assigning the benefits before they are
received and protects such beneficiaries from claims of
creditors after they have been received.