Legal Opinion

Mele v. Superior Pontiac GMC, Inc.

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided December 21, 1988No. 88-881PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Per curiam

This cause is before us on appeal from an order of the deputy commissioner awarding claimant’s attorney a fee of $22,500 for services performed in obtaining workers’ compensation benefits arising from claim*349ant’s compensable back injury of May 1984. We do not find this fee unreasonable; however, we are constrained to remand the cause because the deputy, in his order, failed to evaluate the statutory factors enumerated in Section 440.34(l)(a-h), Florida Statutes, and to indicate how each factor was operative in determining the fee. Central Truck Line, Inc. v. Coleman, 458 So.2d 1145 (Fla. 1st…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Lee Engineering & Construction Company v. FellowsSupreme Court of Florida · 1968
  2. Central Truck Lines, Inc. v. ColemanDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1984
  3. Aetna Maintenance Corp. v. La BaffDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1979

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Wheeler v. South Florida State HospitalDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2000

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