All American Pools 'N Patio v. Zinnkann

SHIVERS, Judge.

The employer/carrier (E/C) appeal a workers’ compensation order awarding claimant’s attorney a $12,000 fee, contending that the deputy commissioner (deputy) erred in awarding claimant’s attorney a fee and, in the alternative, if the award was not erroneous, that the amount was excessive. We affirm the order.

Claimant was injured in a compensable accident on February 20, 1978. The E/C paid temporary total disability (TTD) benefits from that date through October 22, 1980, except for two short periods of time during which claimant worked. On October 22, 1980, claimant was…