528 So. 2d 1224 | Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | 1988
The claimant in this workers’ compensation case appeals the sufficiency of a 1987 order awarding $12,500 in attorney’s fees based on the employer/carrier’s (E/C’s) bad faith failure to accept the claimant as permanently and totally disabled (PTD). The employer/carrier cross-appeal the deputy commissioner’s underlying finding of bad faith.
Accordingly, we affirm the deputy’s finding of bad faith, reverse the amount of attorney’s fees awarded, and remand for reconsideration in light of the factors required under the statute and case law.
AFFIRMED in part, REVERSED in part, and REMANDED.