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WATSON v. WASTE MANAGEMENT

No. 1D06-2776.

949 So.2d 1072 (2007)

Patricia WATSON, Petitioner, v. WASTE MANAGEMENT & Gallagher Bassett Services, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

January 24, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Suzanne M. Himes, of Law Office of Suzanne M. Himes, P.A., Ocala, for Petitioner.

David M. Havlicek of Kelley, Kronenberg, Gilmartin, Fichtel & Wander, Orlando, for Respondents.

Walter J. Havers, Senior Attorney, of the Office of the Judges of Compensation Claims, Tallahassee, for JCC Jonathan D. Ohlman.

PER CURIAM.

Petitioner seeks a writ of prohibition asserting that the Judge of Compensation Claims abandoned the role of neutral arbiter in a hearing to set the amount of attorney's fees to be awarded to claimant's counsel. Specifically, petitioner complains that the JCC questioned the claimant about the fee award during the hearing.

Claimant sustained accidents in October 2001 and January 2004. Section 440.20(11)(b), Florida Statutes (1999), requires the...

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