Blackburn Home Improvements v. Lebel

WENTWORTH, Judge.

Employer/carrier appeal a'workers’ compensation order which we affirm except as to the determination that employer/carrier is responsible for payment of claimant’s attorney’s fees. Section 440.34(2)(b), Florida Statutes (1979), provides for the assessment of such a fee in cases “where the deputy commissioner issues an order finding that a carrier has acted in bad faith . . . . ” In the present case the deputy has made no express finding of “bad faith,” and the order does not otherwise indicate whether the attorney’s fee award was predicated on such a conclusion. Section…