Rodney Bryant v. Seminole Precast Manufacturing, Inc./Bridgefield Casualty Insurance Company
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledJuly 15, 2021
Docket1D19-4291
StatusPublished
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Full Opinion
FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
STATE OF FLORIDA
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No. 1D19-4291
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RODNEY BRYANT,
Appellant,
v.
SEMINOLE PRECAST
MANUFACTURING,
INC./BRIDGEFIELD CASUALTY
INSURANCE COMPANY,
Appellees.
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On appeal from an order of the Judge of Compensation Claims.
Neal P. Pitts, Judge.
Date of Accident: July 27, 2018.
July 15, 2021
PER CURIAM.
AFFIRMED. See Bonagura v. Home Depot, 991 So. 2d 902, 905
(Fla. 1st DCA 2008) (holding that “the parties reached a valid,
binding oral settlement agreement” even though the claimant
refused to sign paperwork sent by the employer/servicing agent
after mediation that included “material matters that were not
discussed and agreed upon during the oral settlement talks”); Soto
v. C-Worthy Corp., 206 So. 3d 117, 119 (Fla 1st DCA 2016)
(explaining that “[b]ecause indemnification had not been
negotiated, its inclusion in the ‘necessary paperwork’ exceeded the
scope of the written agreement, such that it was in effect a new
offer which Claimant declined to accept” and thus Claimant’s
rejection of the new offer did not “nullify the previous agreement
under the terms as set out in the valid, binding settlement
agreement”).
ROWE, C.J., and ROBERTS and TANENBAUM, JJ., concur.
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Not final until disposition of any timely and
authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or
9.331.
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Nicholas A. Shannin of Shannin Law Firm, P.A., Orlando; David
E. Mallen of Dan Newlin & Partners, Orlando, for Appellant.
Steven A. McKillop of Jones, Hurley & Hand, P.A., Orlando, for
Appellees.
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