City of Tallahassee v. Chambliss

NIMMONS, Judge.

Appellant, City of Tallahassee, appeals from a final order of the trial court vacating and dismissing appellant’s workers’ compensation lien on settlement funds recovered by appellee, Aron Chambliss. We reverse.

Chambliss was an employee of the City of Tallahassee when he was injured in a compensable accident on October 6, 1980. He was a passenger in a garbage collection truck operated by a City employee that overturned in a traffic accident. As a result of his injuries, Chambliss was left a quadraplegic. The City paid approximately $230,000 in medical and workers’ compensation…