Legal Opinion
Hartford Insurance Co. v. Goff
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided March 13, 2009No. 2D08-1307PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUMANN, HERBERT J., JR., Associate Judge.
The Hartford Insurance Company (“Hartford”) appeals an order determining that it has no right to assert a workers’ compensation lien on settlement proceeds recovered in a wrongful death action. The personal representative of the estate of Gregory Allen Goff, Jr. (“the Estate”), brought the wrongful death action on behalf of the Estate and on behalf of the survivors of Gregory Allen Goff, Jr. Because we conclude that Hartford has a right to attempt to establish its lien against the proceeds attributable to the Estate’s claims in that action, we reverse…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Continental Nat. Bank v. BrillDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1994
- Coon v. Continental Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1987
- In Re Estate of WigginsDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1999
- Scott v. Estate of MyersDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2004
- In Re Estate of BartonDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1994
3Cited by5 opinions
- Bradley v. SebeliusCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2010
- Estate of Hernandez v. Agency for Health Care AdministrationDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2016
- Bradley v. SebeliusCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2010
- John Pitcher v. Olga Waldo, individually, and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Christina Pitcher, for and on behalf of the Estate and survivors thereofDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2015
- Pitcher v. WaldoDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2015