Pullen Bros. v. Smith

KAHN, Judge.

Appellant, the employer/carrier (E/C) in this workers’ compensation claim, challenge an attorney’s fee awarded to counsel for appellee. Appellant first argues that the judge of compensation claims (JCC) erred in the amount of the attorney’s fee because numerous hours claimed were for time spent unrelated to any of the benefits secured. The E/C presented an expert witness who found the time claimed to be excessive. The record, however, also contains evidence in the form of testimony given by claimant’s attorney, Mr. Smith, that his involvement “in this case from the very first day…