CITY OF MIAMI v. KNIGHT

No. 89-117.

554 So.2d 549 (1989)

CITY OF MIAMI, Appellant, v. James KNIGHT, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied January 24, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jorge L. Fernandez, City Atty., Martha D. Fornaris and Kathryn S. Pecko, Asst. City Attys., for appellant.

Mark L. Zientz, of Williams & Zientz, Miami, and Joseph C. Segor, Miami, for appellee.


WENTWORTH, Judge.

The self-insured employer seeks review of an amended workers' compensation order by which claimant was awarded an attorney's fee and costs. Appellant contends the judge of compensation claims (JCC) had no jurisdiction to award an attorney's fee because the issue was not reserved in the merits order. We affirm.

Claimant sustained an industrial injury in 1975 and was accepted by the employer as permanently totally disabled in 1980. Permanent...

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