Harrod v. Allied Universal Corp.

ALLEN, Judge.

The claimant appeals a workers’ compensation order in which the judge failed to address a pending claim for an attorney’s fee in connection with permanent total disability benefits. The employer’s acceptance of the permanent total claim prior to the conclusion of the proceeding below does not necessarily preclude an attorney’s fee, see Groves v. Butler, 525 So.2d 1003 (Fla. 1st DCA 1988), and the judge should have addressed the issue in this regard. Furthermore, the judge’s denial of the claim for attendant care in this ease will not necessarily preclude a future claim, see Caron…