WOMETCO ENTERPRISES v. CABALLERO

No. 90-2151.

585 So.2d 1072 (1991)

WOMETCO ENTERPRISES and Aetna Casualty & Surety Co., Appellants, v. Angelica CABALLERO and the Florida Department of Labor and Employment Security, Division of Workers' Compensation, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

September 6, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark J. Mintz of Ress, Mintz & Truppman, P.A., North Miami, for appellants.

Roberto Rigal, Jr. of Levine, Busch, Schnepper & Stein, P.A., Miami, for appellees.


MINER, Judge.

In this workers' compensation case, the employer/carrier (e/c) seeks review of an order by the judge of compensation claims (JCC) awarding claimant $60,000 in "bad faith" attorney's fees over a seven year period. On the record before us, we affirm this award.

On July 16, 1980, claimant sustained a compensable industrial injury. By order dated August 5, 1981, the JCC found that claimant reached maximum medical improvement on June 16, 1981 and...

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