State v. Roberts

SMITH, Judge.

This is an appeal of an order of a judge of compensation claims awarding attorney’s fees based upon a finding that the employer/servicing agent (E/SA) acted in bad faith in failing to timely investigate and timely accept the claimant’s claim for permanent total disability (PTD) benefits. We reverse.

The essential facts are not in dispute. The 53 year old claimant sustained a com-pensable accident in 1981 when she slipped *1263and fell on a wet floor at work injuring her right knee. A few years later, she injured her left knee when her right knee gave way. After her compensable…