INTERSTATE BRANDS CORP. v. BLANCO

No. 1D10-271.

50 So.3d 665 (2010)

INTERSTATE BRANDS CORP./BROADSPIRE, Appellants, v. Edwin BLANCO, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied January 6, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael G. Rabinowitz of Banker, Lopez, Gassler, P.A., Tampa, for Appellants.

Bradley Guy Smith of Smith, Feddeler, Smith & Miles, P.A., Lakeland; Susan W. Fox of Fox & Loquasto, P.A., Tampa, for Appellee.


THOMAS, J.

In this workers' compensation case, the Employer/Carrier (E/C) appeals an order awarding attorney's fees and costs to Claimant's counsel. We reverse based on Interior Custom Concepts v. Slovak, 969 So.2d 1095 (Fla. 1st DCA 2007).

Background

Claimant was injured in an industrial accident on May 5, 1997, and administratively accepted as permanently and totally disabled in 1999. The E/C paid...

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