W.A. DOSS & SONS, INC. v. BARBATO

No. BG-371.

487 So.2d 377 (1986)

W.A. DOSS & SONS, INC. and Iowa National Mutual Insurance Company, Appellants, v. Shirley Ann BARBATO, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

April 22, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Dietz, of Zimmerman, Shuffield, Kiser & Sutcliffe, Orlando, for appellants.

J.W. Chalkley, III, of Chalkley & Sims, Ocala, for appellee.


NIMMONS, Judge.

The employer and carrier appeal from an order of the Deputy Commissioner requiring the employer/carrier to pay an attorney's fee to claimant in the amount of $1,950 and to pay expert witness fees for the two attorneys who testified on the issue of attorney's fees. We reverse both awards.

We reverse the award of the attorney's fee because the deputy, in his order, failed to expressly consider the guidelines and factors set forth in Section 440...

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