Sapp v. Miami-Dade Police Department

We reverse and remand for the Judge of Compensation Claims (JCC) to enter an order awarding Claimant employer-paid attorney’s fees in the amount of $45,990.00. See Sapp v. Miami-Dade Police Dep’t, 82 So.3d 212 (Fla. 1st DCA 2012) (Sapp I); Fla. Admin. Code R. 60Q-6.124(3)(b); cf. Smyth v. K-Mart Corp., 905 So.2d 921 (Fla. 1st DCA 2005). Under this court’s remand in Sapp I, once the JCC determined that no good cause existed to excuse the self-insured Employer’s failure to comply with Florida Administrative Code Rule 60Q-6.124(3)(b), the JCC had no discretion to reduce the attorney fee award…