ADELMAN PIPE & STEEL CO. v. VASQUEZ

No. BG-439.

487 So.2d 51 (1986)

ADELMAN PIPE & STEEL COMPANY and Claims Center, Appellants, v. Ismael VASQUEZ, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied May 2, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott V. Berglund of Miller, Hodges, Kagan & Chait, Deerfield Beach, for appellants.

Jay M. Levy of Hershoff & Levy, Miami, for appellee.


ERVIN, Judge.

The employer/carrier (e/c) appeals the deputy's order approving a partial lump sum advancement. We affirm in part and reverse in part, and remand for further proceedings.

Claimant was found permanently disabled in an earlier order entered by the deputy commissioner on September 17, 1984, and was awarded compensation of $186.16 per week. The deputy, finding no statutory basis on which to award fees against the e/c, approved as reasonable, attorney...

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