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DILME v. SBP SERVICE, INC.

No. 94-174.

649 So.2d 934 (1995)

Modesto DILME, Jr., Appellant, v. SBP SERVICE, INC. and First Southern Insurance Company/the Florida Insurance Guaranty Association, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

February 9, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Decardenas & Freixas, Miami and Jay M. Levy, Miami, for appellant.

Roderick L. McGee of Ligman, Martin & Evans, Coral Gables, for appellees.

BARFIELD, Judge.

We have for review a workers' compensation order in which the judge of compensation claims determined that Florida Insurance Guaranty Association (FIGA) had no responsibility to pay the claimant's attorney's fees. We reverse.

Subsequent to the filing of a claim for benefits by the claimant, the employer's carrier was placed in receivership. FIGA was then assigned the defense of the claim on behalf of the bankrupt carrier. FIGA's only involvement...

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