In a 2-1 majority, Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeals sided with a landscaping business last week, concluding that it demonstrated “excusable neglect” and it did not intentionally ignore filings connected to a personal injury lawsuit that resulted in a $2.5 million judgment in the employee’s favor.

Alonzie Wiggins was employed at Barnett, a labor staffing company, that provided temporary laborers to Brightview Landscape Services. Wiggins was injured and he filed a workers’ compensation claim with Barnett that resolved in 2015.

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