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WHAT AN IDEA, INC. v. SITKO

No. BE-328.

505 So.2d 497 (1987)

WHAT AN IDEA, INC., d/b/a Biscayne Wine Merchants and Kent Insurance Company, a/k/a Consumer Insurance Group, Appellants, v. Jan Boxer SITKO, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied April 9, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sally Doerner of Walton, Lantaff, Schroeder and Carson, Miami, for appellants.

Jerold Feuer, Miami, for appellee.

Richard M. Davis, Gen. Counsel, Tallahassee, for amicus curiae/Associated Industries of Florida, Inc.

Steven A. Rissman and Robert A. Donahue of Cooper, Rissman and Weisberg, Orlando, for amicus curiae/Florida Ass'n of Self-Insurers.

PER CURIAM.

The employer and Florida Insurance Guaranty Association, Inc. (FIGA) appeal an attorney's fee award of 1.75 million dollars to the claimant's attorney where the present value of benefits secured by the services of the attorney amounted to 17.6 million dollars. The claimant cross-appeals that portion of the order allowing the carrier, at its option, to pay the attorney's fee in five installments, the first due upon the order becoming final, and the remainder...

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