King Motor Co. v. Parisi

The employer/carrier' (e/c) appeals a workers’ compensation award requiring them to pay claimant’s attorney’s fees based upon a finding by the deputy commissioner (D/C) that the e/c had disregarded the rights of claimant so as to cause economic loss, pursuant to the requirements of § 440.34(3)(b), Fla.Stat. (1981). We agree with the D/C and affirm.

Claimant suffered a compensable injury in a fall at her workplace. The employer *1075promptly submitted a “notice of injury” form to the carrier, who began paying benefits to claimant based on that notice. Four months later, claimant consulted an…