Leonardo Ernesto Gomez v. Frank Crum, Inc. and Broadspire

In this workers’ compensation appeal, Claimant, through his counsel, challenges the Judge of Compensation Claims’ (JCC’s) order rejecting a jointly agreed upon Employer/Carrier-paid attorney’s fee, awarding instead a fee based on the statutory fee schedule as set out in subsection 440.34(1), Florida Statutes (2012), and requiring the excess amount be remitted to Claimant personally. We reverse and remand for proceedings consistent with this opinion.

We review for competent, substantial evidence the issue of the reasonableness of an attorney’s fee. See Sanchez v. Woerner Mgmt., Inc., 867 So.2d…