1st DCA Orders Re-Calculation of Attorney Fee Due to PTD Worker

The 1st District Court of Appeal ordered recalculation of the fee award due to a permanently and totally injured worker for services of her attorneys in a procedurally complicated case. Case: Circle K Stores v. Flores-Orellana, No. 1D16-1715, 08/21/2017, published. Facts and procedural history: Emerita Flores-Orellana had worked for Circle K Stores. She suffered an on-the-job injury in September 2011 for which she received an award of permanent total disability benefits in January 2012. She later sought, and received, an award of attorney fees and costs. Circle K appealed the award of fees ...