Dale v. Landrum Temporary Services Inc.

Appellants appeal orders of the deputy denying their requests for a partial advance upon compensation benefits in order that they might pay their attorney’s fees. In Travelers Insurance Company v. Taylor, 444 So.2d 39 (Fla. 1st DCA 1984), this court recently held that a partial advance for the purpose of paying claimant’s attorney’s fees is materially prejudicial to the carrier and must be denied. We decline to recede from our opinion in Taylor. However, we join in the sentiments of another panel of this court that this matter should be given further study by the Division of Workers’…