Kennedy v. Orlando Shader Realty

VAN NORTWICK, Judge. ■

In this workers’ compensation appeal, Nancy Lynn Kennedy (the claimant) appeals an order of the Judge of Compensation Claims (JCC) determining that claimant’s attorney was not entitled to an attorney’s fee payable by the appellees, Orlando Shader Realty and Associated Industries Insurance Company, Inc. (jointly, the employer/earrier). The claimant argues that the JCC erred (i) in dismissing her petition for benefits pursuant to section 440.192(2), Florida Statutes (Supp. 1994);1 and (ii) in denying her petition for attorney’s fees when the employer/earrier had first…