Monday,October 02, 2000
Brian Jones v. ETS of New Orleans, Inc.

No.96,287

Hillsborough County


Jones was injured while on the job and as a result, he received workers compensation benefits. Jones later sued the third party allegedly at fault in his injury and they reached a settlement of $50,000. ETS, the workers' compensation insurance carrier, filed a workers' compensation lien, as provided by Florida law. The trial court entered an order and ETS appealed. The Second District Court of Appeal held that only Jones' taxable costs, rather than all of the costs he incurred, would be included for equitable distribution purposes.