Hardware Mutual Casualty Company, a Corporation, and Adams-Kennedy Company, Inc., a Corporation v. Mrs. Ruby…

Summary

The Supreme Court of Florida denied the appellee’s petition for attorney’s fees, holding that the 1941 Workers’ Compensation statute could not be applied retroactively to an injury that occurred in 1940. The Court reasoned that the statutory provisions were part of the contract between employer, employee, and insurer only as they existed at the time of injury, and retroactive application would violate the Contracts Clause of the United States Constitution.