Adjustco, Inc. v. Lewis

SMITH, Judge.

Appellants Adjustco, Inc. and Morris Timber Company appeal an order of the circuit court which found that they were entitled to a 20% workers’ compensation lien against appellee’s net recovery from a third-party tortfeasor. Appellants contend that section 440.39(3)(a), Florida Statutes (1979), entitles them to a 100% lien. They also argue that the trial court’s order erroneously required them to bear a proportionate share of attorney’s fees and costs generated by appellee’s third-party action. With modifications spelled out below, we affirm.

Appellee was injured in an automobile…