R.H. COODY & ASSOCIATES, INC. v. SHELTON

No. 50806.

352 So.2d 852 (1977)

R.H. COODY & ASSOCIATES, INC., et al., Petitioners, v. Raymond T. SHELTON et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied December 28, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Heskin A. Whittaker, of Whittaker, Pyle & Stump, Orlando, for petitioners.

Roy L. Glass, of Meyers, Mooney & Adler, Orlando, for respondents.


BOYD, Justice.

On a workmen's compensation claim by R.T. Shelton the Judge of Industrial Claims found Shelton permanently and totally disabled and ordered appropriate benefits. Shelton's attorney had not kept a time record, but he estimated that he had spent forty hours on the claim. The Judge awarded an attorney fee of $13,000. The Industrial Relations Commission unanimously affirmed the award of benefits and, by a split vote, affirmed the attorney fee award, Commissioner...

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