Stanley Steemer International, Inc. v. Smith

Both the Employer/Carrier (E/C) and Claimant, through appeal and cross-appeal, challenge an order by the Judge of Compensation Claims (JCC) awarding Claimant attendant care benefits, along with attorney’s fees. Finding no error in the JCC’s rejection of the E/C’s affirmative defense based on misrepresentation and no merit to the arguments raised concerning the award of attendant care benefits, we affirm these issues without further discussion. Because the JCC retained jurisdiction over the amount of attorney’s fees and entitlement to costs, the issues relating to these claims are not ripe for…