JOHNSON v. MARRIOTT HOTEL

No. 87-716.

523 So.2d 730 (1988)

Katrelia JOHNSON, Appellant, v. MARRIOTT HOTEL and Crawford & Company, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

April 12, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Albert P. Massey, III of Pyszka, Kessler, Massey, Weldon, Catri, Holton & Douberley, Fort Lauderdale, for appellees.


ZEHMER, Judge.

Claimant Katrelia Johnson appeals a workers' compensation order denying her claim for an attorney's fee on the grounds of bad faith. Claimant contends that the carrier acted in bad faith in determining her average weekly wage and that the penalties assessed against the carrier were further evidence of its bad faith handling of this claim. We reverse.

On October 20, 1984, claimant suffered an injury to her right knee in an accident arising out...

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