Public Health Trust/Jackson Memorial Hospital v. Cooper

LARRY G. SMITH, Judge.

The employer/self-insured appeals an order of the deputy commissioner awarding *132temporary total disability compensation benefits, payment of certain medical bills, and attorney’s fees. We agree that the deputy’s award of attorney’s fees was improper and must be reversed. In all other respects, the order is affirmed.

Section 440.34(2), Florida Statutes (1979), provides for the award of attorney’s fees in three instances, none of which occurred here. No evidence was presented establishing bad faith on the part of the employer/self-insured and the employer/self-insured did…