CTL Distribution, Inc. v. Wood

979 So.2d 402 (2008)

CTL DISTRIBUTION, INC. and Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc., Appellants,

v.

Steven WOOD, Appellee.

No. 1D07-2409.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

April 21, 2008.

Kevin G. Malchow and Keef F. Owens of Zimmerman, Kiser & Sutcliffe, P.A., Orlando, for Appellants.

Raymond F. Ayres, II, Lakeland and Bill McCabe, Longwood, for Appellee.

BENTON, J.

At issue on this appeal is a workers' compensation claimant's entitlement under section 440.34(3)(b), Florida Statutes (1999), to attorney's fees at his employer's expense, where the employer filed no pleading in response…