Case Name: Maria NIEVES, Appellant, v. PALM BEACH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT and F.A. Richard & Associates, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2006-10-30
Citations: 940 So. 2d 585
Docket Number: No. 1D05-4422
Parties: Maria NIEVES, Appellant, v. PALM BEACH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT and F.A. Richard & Associates, Appellees.
Judges: BENTON and LEWIS, JJ., concur; PADOVANO, J., dissents with opinion.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 940
Pages: 585–585

Head Matter:
Maria NIEVES, Appellant, v. PALM BEACH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT and F.A. Richard & Associates, Appellees.
No. 1D05-4422.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Oct. 30, 2006.
Jeffrey M. Friedman of Vassallo & Bilotta, Palm Springs, for Appellant.
Katherine A. Moekler of Abel, Lurvey, Morrow and Schefer, P.A., Hollywood, for Appellees.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
REVERSED and REMANDED for further proceedings. See City of Riviera Beach v. Deliso, 713 So.2d 426, 428 (Fla. 1st DCA 1997) (holding that the judge of compensation claims properly included permanent total disability benefits in the attorney's fee calculation because the employer/servicing agent initially controverted compensability and because the claimant's injury would not have been accepted as compensable and he would not have received any benefits without his attorney's intervention).
BENTON and LEWIS, JJ., concur; PADOVANO, J., dissents with opinion.