HRS District I v. Bedford

In this workers’ compensation case, the employer seeks review of an order awarding an attorney fee to the claimant’s attorney pursuant to section 440.34(3)(c), Florida Statutes (1987). The employer argues that the award must be reversed because that statute permits such an award only when the “carrier or employer denies that an injury occurred for which compensation benefits are payable, and the claimant prevails on th[at] issue,” and in this case the employer never denied compensability. See e.g., Teitelbaum Concrete v. Sandelier, 506 So.2d 1122 (Fla. 1st DCA 1987) (attorney fees are not…