Case Name: ANTENNAS FOR COMMUNICATION and Cigna, Appellants, v. H. Gene COMPTON, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1986-02-13
Citations: 482 So. 2d 610
Docket Number: No. BG-382
Parties: ANTENNAS FOR COMMUNICATION and Cigna, Appellants, v. H. Gene COMPTON, Appellee.
Judges: THOMPSON, ZEHMER and BAR-FIELD, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 482
Pages: 610–611

Head Matter:
ANTENNAS FOR COMMUNICATION and Cigna, Appellants, v. H. Gene COMPTON, Appellee.
No. BG-382.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Feb. 13, 1986.
Frederick J. Daniels of Langston & Hess, P.A., Orlando, for appellants.
J.W. Chalkley of Chalkley & Sims, P.A., Ocala, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
AFFIRMED. Pursuant to rule 9.340, Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure, the Clerk is directed to issue mandate with the release of this opinion. Accordingly, the joint motion for remand is DENIED.
Appellee's counsel did not file a motion for attorney's fees for services in connec tion with this appeal as authorized by section 440.34(5), Florida Statutes (1983). Had a timely motion been filed, a fee would have been granted under the statute, in accordance with prior rulings of this court. The failure of appellee's counsel to assert and protect this claimant's statutory rights to recoup such fees makes it inappropriate and improper for counsel to seek or require claimant to pay any fee on account of services on this appeal. Counsel for appellee shall deliver a copy of this opinion to his client.
THOMPSON, ZEHMER and BAR-FIELD, JJ., concur.