Case Name: McCRORY STORES, INC., and National Union Fire Insurance Company, Appellants, v. William CLEGHORN, Administrator Ad Litem of The Estate of Charlotte V. Cleghorn, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1986-03-11
Citations: 487 So. 2d 1082
Docket Number: Nos. BG-16, BH-390
Parties: McCRORY STORES, INC., and National Union Fire Insurance Company, Appellants, v. William CLEGHORN, Administrator Ad Litem of The Estate of Charlotte V. Cleghorn, Appellee.
Judges: BOOTH, C.J., and SMITH, J., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 487
Pages: 1082–1083

Head Matter:
McCRORY STORES, INC., and National Union Fire Insurance Company, Appellants, v. William CLEGHORN, Administrator Ad Litem of The Estate of Charlotte V. Cleghorn, Appellee.
Nos. BG-16, BH-390.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
March 11, 1986.
As Corrected May 7, 1986.
Bernard J. Zimmerman and Rex A. Hurley, of Zimmerman, Shuffield, Kiser & Sut-cliffe, P.A., Orlando, for appellants.
Alfred Kreisler, Miami, for appellee.
Appellee, Charlotte V. Cleghorn, died during the pendency of this appeal and William Cleghorn, as administrator of her estate, was substituted as appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This is a consolidated appeal from two orders of the deputy, one awarding claimant, Charlotte Cleghorn, permanent total disability benefits as a result of her on-the-job injury, and the other awarding claimant an attorney's fee of $10,500.00. There is competent, substantial evidence supporting the deputy's conclusion that claimant's disabling condition was causally related to her industrial accident, and that her fall off a chair while at home merely aggravated or exacerbated her original injury, and did not constitute an intervening cause which would cut off the chain of causation. Singletary v. Mangham Construction Company, Inc., 418 So.2d 1138 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982). Claimant is entitled to an award of attorney's fees pursuant to the provisions of section 440.34(3)(c), Florida Statutes (1981). Singletary v. Mangham Construction Company, Inc., 471 So.2d 635 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985); cf., Hillsborough County School Board v. Hilburn, 472 So.2d 1309 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985) (Singletary distinguished).
AFFIRMED.
BOOTH, C.J., and SMITH, J., concur.
WENTWORTH, J., concurs and dissents with opinion.