SEAVIEW HOTEL v. IRIZARRY

No. AL-253.

424 So.2d 127 (1982)

SEAVIEW HOTEL and Old Republic Insurance Company, Appellants, v. Onesimo IRIZARRY, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

December 22, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Ann Stiles of Stiles & Livingston, Tampa, and John F. McMath, Miami, for appellants.

Howard L. Silverstein of Silverstein & Hellman, Miami, for appellee.


BOOTH, Judge.

This cause is before us on appeal from an order in a workers' compensation proceeding awarding wage loss benefits and costs, and, based on a finding of bad faith, attorney fees. We affirm the deputy's award of wage loss benefits and costs but set aside the attorney fees award and remand for a separate hearing and specific findings of bad faith to support the award.

Section 440.34(2)(b), Florida Statutes (1979), provides for an award of attorney...

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