Legal Opinion
Knight v. City of Miami
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided October 12, 1982No. AK-356PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILLS, Judge.
Knight appeals a compensation order denying interest and attorneys’ fees. We affirm.
As conceded by Knight, the propriety of interest is controlled by Department of Labor and Employment Security v. Vaughan, 411 So.2d 294 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982).
Attorneys’ fees are not available from the State without statutory authority, and since the State is not an employer/carrier in this case there is no such authority.
ERVIN and WIGGINTON, JJ., concur.
2Cases cited1 opinion
- DEPT. OF LABOR & EMP. SEC. v. VaughanDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1982
3Cited by2 opinions
- Shipp v. STATE WORKERS'COMP. TRUST FUNDDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1986
- Florida Department of Labor & Employment Security v. Boise Cascade Corp.Supreme Court of Florida · 2001