WIGGINTON, Judge.
Appellant, City of Miami, appeals the Deputy Commissioner's order awarding a fee of $1,500 to claimant's attorney for securing a lump sum advance of benefits. Appellant complains that there is no reasonable basis for the amount of the fee, that it may only be responsible for 75 percent, not 100 percent of the fee under section 440.34(1), Florida Statutes, and that there is no statutory basis for the award. We reverse, based on appellant's final point...
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