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FLORIDA POWER CORPORATION v. USSERY

No. 94-40.

652 So.2d 886 (1995)

FLORIDA POWER CORPORATION, a self-insured employer, Appellant, v. Bruce USSERY, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied April 19, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard J. Zimmerman and Kevin G. Malchow of Zimmerman, Shuffield, Kiser & Sutcliffe, P.A., Orlando, for appellant.

Wayne W. Bilsky, Orlando and Bill McCabe, Longwood, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Florida Power Corporation (FPC) challenges a compensation order awarding bad faith attorney's fees to appellee Ussery under section 440.34(3)(b), Florida Statutes (1987): "For the purposes of this paragraph, the term bad faith means conduct by the carrier in the handling of a claim which amounts to fraud; malice; oppression; or willful, wanton or reckless disregard of the rights of the claimant."

As interpreted by this court, the bad faith standard...

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