Orkin Exterminating Co. v. Broughton

MILLS, Judge.

There is competent substantial evidence in the record supporting the deputy commissioner’s finding that the claimant is permanently and totally disabled. We affirm this finding, the finding that the claimant is entitled to reimbursement for all taxable costs, and the reservation of jurisdiction on the issue of the claimant’s attorney’s entitlement to fees for his services in obtaining permanent total disability benefits.

The employer/carrier argue that the deputy commissioner erred in requiring *768them to pay the claimant’s attorney a reasonable fee for his successful assertion of a…