CITY OF LAKELAND v. MORRIS

No. 92-04317.

627 So.2d 572 (1993)

CITY OF LAKELAND and Johns Eastern Company, Inc., Appellants, v. Gary H. MORRIS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

December 1, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis A. Ross, Ross, Williams, DiCesare & Davidson, P.A., Lakeland, for appellants.

Alfred J. Tetlow, Mac A. Greco, P.A., Tampa, and Elizabeth S. Wheeler, Berg & Wheeler, P.A., Brandon, for appellee.


BLUE, Judge.

The City of Lakeland and its compensation carrier, Johns Eastern Company, Inc. (Eastern), appeal a final order limiting recovery of their workers' compensation lien to future indemnity benefits. They contend the trial court erred in refusing to subject future medical benefits to the lien. We agree and reverse. In so doing, we recede from our prior opinion in Payless Oil Co. v. Reynolds, 565 So.2d 737 (Fla. 2d...

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