Turnberry Isle Country Club v. Reyes

ZEHMER, Judge.

Turnberry Isle Country Club, the employer, and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, the carrier, appeal a workers’ compensation order awarding attorney’s fees to claimant on the ground that appellants acted in bad faith in the handling of the claim. Appellants raise three points: (1) Because claimant’s attorney never presented any evidence of bad faith at the hearing on attorney’s fees, as required by section 440.34(3)(b), Florida Statutes (1981), the evidence is insufficient to support the award; (2) the deputy abused his discretion in awarding an excessive attorney’s fee; and (3)…