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ROSENTHAL, LEVY & SIMON, P.A. v. SCOTT

No. 1D08-4376.

17 So.3d 872 (2009)

ROSENTHAL, LEVY & SIMON, P.A., Appellant, v. Mary Louise SCOTT, Suntek Transport Co., Inc., and Optacomp, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

September 14, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jane E. McGill and Nicole Hessen of Rosenthal, Levy & Simon, P.A., West Palm Beach, for Appellant.

No appearance for Appellees.

THOMAS, J.

Appellant, a law firm which previously represented Appellee Mary Scott in her workers' compensation claim, seeks reversal of an order of the Judge of Compensation Claims (JCC) denying, as a matter of law, recovery of fees based on a quantum meruit charging lien. We reverse, and hold that the 2003 statutory reforms did not implicitly eliminate an attorney's equitable entitlement to a quantum meruit charging lien.

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