MUELLER v. SEARCY

No. AJ-27.

418 So.2d 397 (1982)

C.F. MUELLER and the Hartford Insurance Group, Appellants, v. George R. SEARCY, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

August 18, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven A. Rissman, of Cooper & Rissman, P.A., Orlando, for appellants.

Jesse F. Sparks, Orlando, for appellee.


SHIVERS, Judge.

Appellants employer/carrier appeal workers' compensation order of modification awarding claimant permanent total disability benefits and awarding claimant's attorney a $13,750 fee.

At issue are (1) whether the deputy commissioner, upon modification, may award permanent total disability benefits to claimant based upon his worsened and totally diminished wage earning capacity, and (2) whether the attorney's fee award is excessive.

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