OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL COMPANY v. HOWARD

No. 90-731.

570 So.2d 1126 (1990)

OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL COMPANY and Crawford & Company, Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. Paul HOWARD, Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

December 10, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack A. Langdon and Carol L. Marden, of Langdon, McCarty & Helm, P.A., Gainesville, for appellants/cross-appellees.

Gary J. Boynton, Orlando, for appellee/cross-appellant.


SHIVERS, Chief Judge.

The employer/carrier (E/C) in this workers' compensation case appeal an order directing them to pay claimant's attorney's fees on the basis that the E/C acted in bad faith. The claimant cross-appeals the judge of compensation claims' (JCC's) calculation of the amount of fees. We affirm the order on appeal, finding there to be ample evidence in the record to support the E/C's bad faith resistance of claimant's claim for permanent total disability...

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