Legal Opinion

Rea v. 7-11 Stores/Southland Corp.

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided May 21, 1998No. 91679Published

1Opinion of the Court

WELLS, Justice.

We have for review Rea v. 7-11 Stores/Southland Corp., 704 So.2d 120 (Fla. 1st DCA 1997), certifying the following question to be of great public importance:

Does the court’s decision in Quality Engineered Installation, Inc. v. Higley South, Inc., 670 So.2d 929 (Fla.1996), extend to permit the accrual of prejudgment interest on attorney’s fees, authorized pursuant to the Workers’ Compensation Law, from the date entitlement to the fee is determined, when an amount for same has not yet been established?

Rea, 704 So.2d at 121. We have jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Quality Engineered Installation, Inc. v. Higley South, Inc.Supreme Court of Florida · 1996
  2. Lee v. Wells Fargo Armored ServicesSupreme Court of Florida · 1998
  3. Rea v. 7-11 Stores/Southland Corp.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1997

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