WINN DIXIE STORES, INC. v. YGLESIAS

No. 1D01-4581.

831 So.2d 1233 (2002)

WINN DIXIE STORES, INC. and Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc., Appellants, v. Felix YGLESIAS (Deceased), Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

December 12, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kara Berard Rockenbach, Esquire of Gaunt, Pratt, Radford & Methe, P.A., West Palm Beach, for Appellants.

Eduardo R. Latour, Esquire of Latour and Associates, P.A., Tarpon Springs, for Appellee.


BENTON, J.

Winn Dixie Stores, Inc., and Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc., appeal the final order that awards the parents of Felix Yglesias death benefits pursuant to section 440.16(1)(b)4., Florida Statutes (1999). While we agree with appellants that the statute does not make claimants eligible for benefits if they and their decedents were merely "mutually dependent," we are persuaded that the judge of compensation claims was guided by the correct standard...

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