CITY OF MIAMI v. MAZUR

No. AV-23.

449 So.2d 986 (1984)

CITY OF MIAMI, Appellant, v. Michael MAZUR, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

May 11, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jose Garcia-Pedrosa, City Atty. and Jorge L. Fernandez, Asst. City Atty., Miami, for appellant.

Mark L. Zientz, of Williams & Zientz, Coral Gables, for appellee.


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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