The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)
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. . . Alternatively, Shannon’s counsel requested payment of expert witness fees under section 440.31, Florida . . . Stone, 514 So.2d 351 (Fla.1987), prohibit the award of expert witness fees under section 440.31 when . . . address Claimant’s alternative argument that the JCC erred in denying expert witness fees under section 440.31 . . . Because both Zabawczuk and Stone are founded on the supreme court’s interpretation of section 440.31, . . .
. . . required Defendants to pay interim attorneys’ fees and costs to Plaintiffs in the total amount of $122,-440.31 . . .
. . . Glasgow Contracting, 588 So.2d 307 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991); § 440.34(3), Fla.Stat. (1991); see also § 440.31 . . .
. . . section 440.13(2)(k), Florida Statutes (Supp.1990), and section 440.30, Florida Statutes, or section 440.31 . . . of these circumstances, without regard to the more general provisions in section 440.30 and section 440.31 . . .
. . . Section 440.31 Florida Statutes provides in pertinent part: Each witness who appears in obedience to . . .
. . . attorney’s fees in worker’s compensation cases are not entitled to expert witness fees under Section 440.31 . . . We certify the following question of great public importance: WHETHER SECTION 440.31, FLORIDA STATUTES . . . Section 440.31, Florida Statutes (1983) provides as follows: 440.31 Witness fees. — Each witness who . . .
. . . speaking for the court, accurately explained: It should be noted that the essential provisions of Sections 440.31 . . . said: It is our view, in accord with that of the commission, that the statutory provision, P.S.A. § 440.31 . . .
. . . Zabawczuk, 200 So.2d 802 (Fla.1967), a workers’ compensation case that held that Section 440.31, Florida . . . It should be noted that the essential provisions of Sections 440.31 and 92.231 are quite similar. . . . . § 440.31, for the award of expert fees authorizes only the payment of fees to experts testifying in . . .
. . . was relevant thereto, a witness fee should have been awarded as costs pursuant to §§ 440.34(2) and 440.31 . . .
. . . costs of prosecution of a claim, on the other hand, are recoverable under Florida Statutes, Section 440.31 . . .
. . . authorization for their treatment, of the doctors’ complying with the filing requirements of Section 440.31 . . .
. . . . § 440.31, for the award of expert fees authorizes only the payment of fees to experts testifying in . . .
. . . Sections 440.31, 440.34(2) F.S. A. . . .