Two reports released last week signal that Florida attorney fees are rising in the wake of the state Supreme Court's decision in April finding the statutory fee cap on claimants' fees unconstitutional.
According to a Nov. 15 report by the National Council on Compensation Insurance, from May through September 2016 the average claimant attorney fee award after the decision in Castellanos v. Next Door Co. was $4,978 — up from $4,095, or 22%, the year before. Total attorney fees awarded in the five months after Castellanos rose 27%, from nearly $58 million to nearly $7...
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