REA v. 7-11 STORES/SOUTHLAND CORP.

No. 97-826.

704 So.2d 120 (1997)

Betty REA, Appellant, v. 7-11 STORES/SOUTHLAND CORP. and Kemper Group, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

October 15, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Kupfer of Richard A. Kupfer, P.A., West Palm Beach, and Goodmark & Goodmark, P.A., West Palm Beach, for Appellant.

Diane H. Tutt of Diane H. Tutt, P.A., Plantation, for Appellees.


BENTON, Judge.

In awarding claimant's counsel an attorney's fee under section 440.34(1), Florida Statutes (1985), the judge of compensation claims concluded that the parties' stipulation as to entitlement, approved by order entered August 31, 1995, limited consideration of "benefits secured" to moneys that had already been paid to the claimant or on her behalf. We agree with appellant's contention that the stipulation will not bear this construction. On that ground...

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