Opinion

Paulk v. Palm Beach County School Board

  • 23 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 332
  • 711 So. 2d 1148
  • 1998 Fla. LEXIS 1042
Court
Supreme Court of Florida
Filed
Jun 11, 1998
Status
Published
Author
Wells
On the bench
Anstead, Grimes, Harding, Kogan, Overton, Shaw, Wells
Cited by
0 cases
Authority
More cited than 0.6%

The opinion

WELLS, Judge.

We have for review Palm Beach County School Board v. Paulk, 705 So.2d 37 (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?

Paulk, 705 So.2d at 37 . We have jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(4), Florida Constitution.

In Lee v. Wells Fargo Armored Services, 707 So.2d 700 (Fla.1998), we answered this question in the negative and approved the decision of the First District Court of Appeal below. Accordingly, consistent with Lee , we approve Paulk and remand for further proceedings.

It is so ordered.

KOGAN, C.J., OVERTON, SHAW, HARDING and ANSTEAD, JJ., and GRIMES, Senior Justice, concur.

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