Adelman Pipe & Steel Co. v. Vasquez

ERVIN, Judge.

The employer/carrier (e/c) appeals the deputy’s order approving a partial lump sum advancement. We affirm in part and reverse in part, and remand for further proceedings.

Claimant was found permanently disabled in an earlier order entered by the deputy commissioner on September 17, 1984, and was awarded compensation of $186.16 per week. The deputy, finding no statutory basis on which to award fees against the e/c, approved as reasonable, attorney’s fees in the amount of $13,050.00, payable on the statutory percentage basis (Section 440.34(1), Florida Statutes (1981).)1 by the…