An attorney not involved in the litigation praised a multimillion-dollar settlement that two Miami lawyers announced Tuesday in a wrongful death case that closed less than three months after they filed the complaint in the Pinellas Circuit Court in Clearwater.

Ramon Malca, a solo practitioner and workers’ compensation lawyer in South Florida, said it is not common to have facts stemming from an investigation that are strong enough to put the burden on an employer to come up with money from insurance coverage—apart from what it is obligated to pay under the workers’ compensation policy.