1st DCA Upholds Equitable Division of Fee Award

The Court of Appeal for the 1st District of Florida ruled that a judge properly allocated to two law firms the fees provided by a workers’ compensation settlement. Case: Telfer, Faherty & Anderson v. Caplick, No. 1D18-1982, 05/16/2019, published. Facts: Kelly Caplick suffered an injury in December 2015 while working for Southeastern Grocers. She hired the law firm of Telfer, Faherty & Anderson to represent her in a workers’ compensation case. Brigitta Hawkins was the TFA partner assigned to Caplick’s case. When Hawkins left TFA for another firm, Caplick follow...