Ridge Pallets, Inc. v. John

ROBERT P. SMITH, Jr., Chief Judge.

The employer and carrier in this workers’ compensation case appeal an order requiring them to pay an injured worker’s attorney a $125 fee for attending his deposition, noticed and taken by the employer and carrier before the onset of other contested proceedings. The deputy awarded this attorney’s fee under authority of Section 440.30, Florida Statutes (1979), which independently of the narrow fee allowances in Section 440.34 requires the employer and carrier to pay a fee to the worker’s attending lawyer “if no claim has been filed” at the time the worker’s…