AMERICAN MOTOR INNS v. FARRELL

No. 91-4023.

610 So.2d 76 (1992)

AMERICAN MOTOR INNS, and Aetna Life & Casualty Company, Appellants, v. Ona Ruth FARRELL, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

December 10, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel De Ciccio of De Ciccio & Broussard, P.A., Orlando, for appellants.

Thomas R. Mooney and Frederic M. Schott of Meyers, Mooney, Schott & Meyers, Orlando, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

In this workers' compensation case, the sole issue is the amount of the fee awarded to claimant's attorney by the Judge of Compensation Claims (JCC). Appellants, the employer and carrier (e/c), argue that the JCC erred in calculating the present value of the permanent total disability and supplemental benefits obtained for the claimant by her attorney, which error produced an inflated fee under the statutory guidelines. We agree.

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