MONROE CTY. SHERIFF'S DEPT., ETC. v. RUTH

No. AM-332.

424 So.2d 905 (1982)

MONROE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT/BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, Monroe County Florida and Gallagher Bassett Insurance Service, Appellants, v. Charles RUTH, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied January 26, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph V. Niemoeller of Peters, Pickle, Flynn, Niemoeller, Stieglitz & Downs, Miami, for appellants.

Ramon Malca of Malca & Prager, P.A., Miami, for appellee.


MILLS, Judge.

In this appeal of a workers' compensation order, the deputy did not err in permitting claimant to pose a hypothetical question to a doctor.

The deputy did err in finding that claimant's attorney was entitled to a fee and reserving jurisdiction to set the amount of the fee only.

Claimant was injured in an accident occurring on 20 July 1980. The award of an attorney's fee is controlled by Section 440.34(3)(a), (b), (c), Florida Statutes...

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