Zaldivar v. Okeelanta Corp.

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• holding JCC retains jurisdiction, following approval of settlement agreement, to adjudicate charging lien of claimant’s former attorney
• explaining equitable defense of laches applies to attorney’s fee lien because neither statute nor rule provide carrier remedy for untimely filing of such lien
• when considering if an action is barred by laches, “delay rises to prejudice where the party defending the claim establishes that enforcement would be inequitable or unjust”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).