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477 So. 2d 20

477 So.2d 20

10 Fla.L.Weekly 2315

Pantry Pride v. Hayes

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided October 8, 1985

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 1985-10-08

Relies on 412 So. 2d 461 - Swartz v. Swartz · 471 So. 2d 38 - The Florida Bar in Re Inglis · 388 So. 2d 640 - State v. Caldwell

Decided 1985-10-08

PER CURIAM.

¶1We affirm the trial court’s equitable distribution award entered in satisfaction of the employer’s workmen’s compensation lien. We hold that sufficient competent evidence established that decedent’s comparative negligence resulted in a settlement of appellees’ claim for less than the full amount of damages incurred. Travelers Indemnity Co. v. Jacobs, 402 So.2d 1261 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981), review denied, 412 So.2d 471 (Fla.1982); State v. Caldwell, 388 So.2d 640 (Fla. 1st DCA 1980); Fireman’s Insurance Co. v. Phillips, 368 So.2d 98 (Fla. 3d DCA 1979); §§ 90.703, 90.704, Fla.Stat. (1983); § 440.39(3)(a), Fla.Stat. (1975); cf. Hewitt, Coleman & Associates v. Lymas, 460 So.2d 467 (Fla. 4th DCA 1984), review denied, 471 So.2d 43 (Fla. 1985) (argument of appellee’s counsel, without sworn testimony, insufficient to establish that value of claim reduced by comparative negligence).

¶2Affirmed.

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