A bill designed to re-institute Florida's caps on fees for attorneys representing injured workers is in for a tough fight in the Legislature, an insurance association representative predicted.
On Oct. 23, 2008 the Florida Supreme Court ruled that the fee schedule, part of the state's 2003 reforms to its workers' compensation system, was ambiguous and could result in inequitable payments that were either inadequate or excessive.
The law was challenged in the Florida Supreme Court in the case Murray v. Mariners Health/ACE USA.
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