Legal Opinion
Locke v. Rooney
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided June 2, 1987No. BP-26PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
508 So.2d 467 (1987)
Jack E. LOCKE, Appellant,
v.
Frank J. ROONEY and Aetna Casualty and Surety Company, Appellees.
No. BP-26.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
June 2, 1987.
J.W. Chalkley, III, of Chalkley & Sims, Ocala, for appellant.
Jonathan D. Ohlman of Pattillo & McKeever, Ocala, for appellees.
BARFIELD, J.
In this workers' compensation appeal, we find that the deputy commissioner applied the wrong discount rate in determining the present value of future benefits for purposes of assessing the reasonable amount of attorney fees to be awarded. The four percent discount rate in…
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