Kevin Rader voted Nay (Passage) on this Legislation.
Title: Capping Attorney Fees in Workers' Compensation Lawsuits
Signed by Governor Charlie Crist, Jr.
Title: Capping Attorney Fees in Workers' Compensation Lawsuits
Vote on a motion to recede from amendments and concur with the House version of a bill that eliminates the ability of a judge of compensation claims to approve attorney fees in workers' compensation lawsuits outside of the contingency fee schedule prescribed by existing law as long as the judge determines the fee to be "reasonable," and requires all attorney fees be awarded according to the existing contingency fee schedule beginning July 1, 2009, with exceptions being made for specific medical cases.
- Specifies that judges are only authorized to approve attorney's fees according to the following schedule, as established by existing law (Sec. 1):
NOTE: THIS IS A VOTE TO RECEDE FROM AMENDMENTS PASSED IN THIS CHAMBER AND PASS THE VERSION OF THE BILL THAT WAS ADOPTED BY THE OPPOSING CHAMBER.
Title: Capping Attorney Fees in Workers' Compensation Lawsuits
Vote to pass a bill that eliminates the ability of a judge of compensation claims to approve attorney fees in workers' compensation lawsuits outside of the contingency fee schedule prescribed by existing law as long as the judge determines the fee to be "reasonable," and requires all attorney fees be awarded according to the existing contingency fee schedule beginning July 1, 2009, with exceptions being made for specific medical cases.
- Specifies that judges are only authorized to approve attorney's fees according to the following schedule, as established by existing law (Sec. 1):
Title: Capping Attorney Fees in Workers' Compensation Lawsuits
NOTE: THIS IS A SUBSTITUTE BILL, MEANING THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORIGINAL BILL HAS BEEN REPLACED. THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE SUBSTITUTE BILL TEXT DIFFERS FROM THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE TEXT CAN VARY GREATLY.