Case Name: Donaldo MACHACON, Appellant, v. VELDA FARMS DAIRY and Crawford and Company, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1994-02-01
Citations: 632 So. 2d 93
Docket Number: No. 92-2746
Parties: Donaldo MACHACON, Appellant, v. VELDA FARMS DAIRY and Crawford and Company, Appellees.
Judges: ERVIN and SMITH, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 632
Pages: 93–93

Head Matter:
Donaldo MACHACON, Appellant, v. VELDA FARMS DAIRY and Crawford and Company, Appellees.
No. 92-2746.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Feb. 1, 1994.
Mark J. Feldman, P.A., Miami, for appellant.
Deborah M. Smith of Davis & Wood P.A., Miami, for appellees.

Opinion:
ALLEN, Judge.
The claimant appeals a workers' compensation order, contending that a greater attorney's fee should have been awarded under section 440.34(3)(b), Florida Statutes (1991). In computing the fee the judge declined to consider certain benefits, including the emergency MRI and Dr. Ennis's authorization which were discussed in Machacon v. Velda Farms Dairy, 619 So.2d 380 (Fla. 1st DCA 1993). Payment for the MRI and authorization of Ennis were not timely provided, and these benefits should have been included in the predicate for an attorney's fee under section 440.34(3)(b). We therefore reverse the appealed order in this regard, and remand for an attorney's fee on the MRI and Ennis's authorization. The judge may also consider whether any of the various other benefits directly resulted from the attorney's efforts in connection with these claims.
ERVIN and SMITH, JJ., concur.