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BURNUP & SIMS, INC. v. OZMENT

No. AO-259.

440 So.2d 29 (1983)

BURNUP & SIMS, INC. and Crawford & Company, Appellants, v. Homer L. OZMENT, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied December 1, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janet R. DeLaura of Smalbein, Eubank, Johnson, Rosier & Bussey, Rockledge, for appellants.

Edward J. Richardson of Saxon & Richardson, Melbourne, for appellee.

THOMPSON, Judge.

This is an appeal from a compensation order awarding attorney's fees pursuant to § 440.34(2)(b), Fla. Stat. (1979). We reverse.

The claimant sustained a serious compensable back injury on September 6, 1979, and reached maximum medical improvement (MMI) from his injuries on August 29, 1980. The claimant's doctor found he had suffered a 25% permanent impairment of the body as a whole. On September 17, 1980, the employer/carrier (E/C) received...

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