CITY OF LAKELAND v. LOVELAND

No. 93-3490.

647 So.2d 997 (1994)

CITY OF LAKELAND and, Johns Eastern Company, Appellants, v. Richard LOVELAND, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

December 20, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Williams, Ross & Williams, P.A., Lakeland, for appellants.

John Hugh Shannon, John Hugh Shannon, P.A., Lakeland, for appellee.


WENTWORTH, Senior Judge.

This is an appeal of a final workers' compensation order requiring that the Employer/Servicing Agent (E/SA) pay attorney's fees pursuant to section 440.34(3)(a), Florida Statutes (1987) based on the efforts of claimant's attorney in obtaining medical benefits for claimant. We reverse.

A workers' compensation claimant has the burden of establishing the circumstances that justify a fee award for his attorney. Florida Silica Sand Co...

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