City of Cocoa v. Adams

THOMPSON, Judge.

The employer/carrier (E/C) appeal a workers’ compensation order, contending, inter alia, that the deputy commissioner (deputy) erred in awarding temporary total disability (TTD) benefits and wage loss benefits, and in finding that the E/C exhibited bad faith in its handling of the claim, and was therefore obligated to pay claimant’s attorney’s fees pursuant to § 440.34(3)(b), Fla.Stat. We agree and reverse as to these issues, but we conclude that the E/C’s remaining contentions are without merit.

The claimant is a 33-year-old woman who sustained a compensable back injury on…