FIESTA FASHIONS, INC. v. CAPIN

No. AT-386.

450 So.2d 1128 (1984)

FIESTA FASHIONS, INC. and United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Appellants, v. Matilde CAPIN and the Division of Workers' Compensation, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied June 12, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Gregory, Miami, for appellants.

Jerold Feuer, Miami, for appellees.


SHIVERS, Judge.

In this workers' compensation case, the employer/carrier appeal the deputy commissioner's order which finds that the employer/carrier's handling of the claim constituted bad faith and awards attorney's fees. We affirm that portion of the order which finds bad faith, but reverse and remand on the issue of the amount of the attorney's fees.

Section 440.34, Florida Statutes (1979), contains a sliding fee schedule. However, a deputy commissioner...

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