Ohio Casualty Group v. Parrish

These consolidated appeals are from the same order of equitable proration which apportioned the amount of a personal injury settlement agreement pursuant to Fla. Stat. § 440.39, F.S.A. The appellant is the workmen’s compensation carrier for the injured minor appellee.

Three points are argued. The first urges that the order must be reversed because the procedure followed in the trial court was improper. We agree that the procedure was not in accord with the statute and the case law concerning the subject; nevertheless, we hold that no reversible error has been demonstrated since the appellant…