KAUFFMAN v. COMMUNITY INCLUSIONS, INC.

No. 1D10-4046.

57 So.3d 919 (2011)

Jennifer KAUFFMAN, Appellant, v. COMMUNITY INCLUSIONS, INCORPORATED/GUARANTEE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

March 23, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill McCabe , Longwood, and Brian Sutter and Frank Clark , Port Charlotte, for Appellant.

Richard W. Ervin, III of Fox & Loquasto, P.A., Tallahassee, for Voices, Inc., Amicus Curiae in support of Appellant.

Richard A. Sicking , Coral Gables, for Florida Professional Firefighters, Inc., International Association of Firefighters, AFL-CIO, Amicus Curiae in support of Appellant.

Kelli Biferie Hastings and Geoffrey Bichler of Bichler & Kelley, P.A., Maitland, for Fraternal Order of Police, Amicus Curiae in support of Appellant.

Michael J. Winer of the Law Office of Michael J. Winer, P.A., Tampa, for Florida Workers' Advocates, Amicus Curiae in support of Appellant.

Roy D. Wasson of Wasson and Associates, Chartered, Miami, for The Florida Justice Association, Amicus Curiae in support of Appellant.

Kelly M. Fisher of Fisher Law Group, P.A., St. Petersburg, for Appellees.

Tamela Perdue , Tallahassee, Rayford H. Taylor of Stiles, Taylor & Grace, P.A., Atlanta, and Thomas A. Kovel , Sarasota, for Associated Industries of Florida and Florida Insurance Council, Amicus Curiae in support of Appellees.

Jeffrey I. Jacobs of Malca and Jacobs, P.A., Miami, for The Workers' Compensation Section of the Florida Bar, Amicus Curiae.


PER CURIAM.

In reaction to the Florida Supreme Court's decision in Murray v. Mariner Health, 994 So.2d 1051 (Fla.2008), the Legislature enacted Council Substitute for House Bill 903, which took effect on July 1, 2009. Ch. 2009-94, § 1, at 1351-52, Laws of Fla. The new law amended section 440.34, Florida Statutes (2008), by deleting "reasonable" before "attorney's fees" in subsections (1) and (3), and by inserting in...

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