BREVARD COUNTY SCHOOL BD. v. WALTERS

No. WW-217.

396 So.2d 1197 (1981)

BREVARD COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD and the Hartford Insurance Group, Appellants, v. Robert C. WALTERS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

April 21, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard H. Weisberg of Cooper & Rissman, Orlando, for appellants.

Frank R. Pound, Jr. of Lovering, Pound & Lober, Cocoa, for appellee.


ROBERT P. SMITH, Judge.

The employer and carrier appeal from a commissioner's order awarding a $37,000 fee to a lawyer who achieved a $50,000 lump sum settlement for his claimant client. The fee is equal to 74 percent of the compensation award. After a complete review of the record we find the award excessive on its face and unsubstantiated under the criteria set forth in Lee Engineering & Constr. Co. v. Fellows, 209 So.2d 454

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