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STATE, DEPT. OF PUB. HEALTH v. WILCOX

No. 85-985.

478 So.2d 850 (1985)

STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH, DIVISION OF RISK MANAGEMENT, Appellant, v. Muriel WILCOX, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

November 5, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vernis & Bowling and H.B. Yandle, Miami, for appellant.

Alfred D. Bieley, Miami, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and HENDRY and NESBITT, JJ.

SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.

In a "rule nisi" proceeding under section 440.24(1), Florida Statutes (1983), the court below enforced an award of $1500 in appellate attorney's fees contained in a workers' compensation order and granted additional fees for the maintenance of the enforcement action itself. We reverse on the sole ground of prematurity1 because the underlying compensation order was, and still is, on appeal.

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