Nelson v. Pharmerica

In this workers’ compensation appeal, Appellant, the former attorney for Claimant, argues the Judge of Compensation Claims (JCC) erred in denying his motion to strike the Employer/Carrier’s (E/C’s) untimely response to Appellant’s petition *131for attorney’s fees and costs. Because the E/C failed to establish good cause for the late filing, the -JCC had no discretion to reduce the amount- of Appellant’s legally sufficient claim for attorney’s fees and costs. Nonetheless, the. JCC did not err in declining to award payment for legal assistants’ -time, as the petition failed' to establish a prima…