BINIMELIS v. M.E.F. INTERN. CORP.

No. AM-127.

424 So.2d 941 (1983)

Antonio BINIMELIS, Dec'd Thru Crispina Binimelis, His Wife, Appellants, v. M.E.F. INTERNATIONAL CORP., and Aetna Casualty & Surety Company, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

January 5, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert E. Harum, Jr., Miami, for appellants.

Mark J. Mintz, Ress, Gomez, Rosenberg & Howland, North Miami, for appellees.


LARRY G. SMITH, Judge.

In this worker's compensation appeal, the wife of a deceased employee appeals an order denying her claim for a penalty under Section 440.20(8), Florida Statutes (1979)1 and interest. We reverse.

The employee died from injuries received in a compensable accident which occurred on May 17, 1978. Later, the parties entered into a joint stipulation for lump sum washout settlement in the amount of $26,500.00. Although...

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