Jorge Gomez v. Frank Winston Crum Insurance, Intal Construction, Inc. and CCMSI, Frank Winston Crum Insurance, Inc.

In Jorge Gomez v. Frank Winston Crum Insurance, Intal Construction, Inc. and CCMSI, Frank Winston Crum Insurance, Inc. one of claimant’s former counsels secured a loan for claimant from Oasis funding. Claimant’s current counsel reduced the purported lien of Oasis as part of the settlement and sought approval of a side fee of $1,500 for securing this alleged benefit. The JCC did not find the alleged lien reduction to be a benefit under workers’ compensation law and concluded he was without jurisdiction to consider or approve a fee in connected with this loan. Alternatively, he found that even if such jurisdiction did exist, the alleged lien was unenforceable and invalid as a matter of law pursuant to F.S. 440.22. Accordingly, the request for approval of a side $1,500 attorney fee was DENIED.

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