Brown v. Hospitality Care Center & Aetna Life & Casualty Co.

ZEHMER, Judge.

Mary Frances Brown appeals an order of the deputy commissioner denying her request for attorney’s fees. She argues that the deputy commissioner misapplied section 440.34, Florida Statutes (1978), which governs the grant of attorney’s fees in this case. We reverse and remand for determination of the amount of attorney’s fees entitled to be received by appellant’s counsel.

Claimant was involved in a compensable accident on July 10, 1979,1 and sustained serious damage to her knee. She reached maximum medical improvement (MMI) on August 24, 1981, with a fifty percent permanent…