DOBBS v. SUNCOAST ACOUSTICS

No. 91-758.

590 So.2d 7 (1991)

David M. DOBBS, Appellant, v. SUNCOAST ACOUSTICS and Claims Center, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

November 20, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda L. Winchenbach and Daniel L. Hightower, P.A., Ocala, for appellant.

Patrick O. Helm, of McCarty & Helm, P.A., Gainesville, for appellees.


ERVIN, Judge.

David Dobbs, the claimant below, appeals from a final workers' compensation order directing Suncoast Acoustics and Claims Center, the employer and its carrier (E/C), to pay attorney's fees of $18,000, plus taxable costs, to claimant's counsel on the ground of bad faith in connection with his claim for permanent total disability benefits. Claimant contends that the judge of compensation claims (JCC) should have awarded $65,850 in attorney's fees pursuant...

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