Case Name: John FARRO, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. MARION COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT and United Self-Insured Services, Appellee/Cross-Appellants
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1999-04-06
Citations: 729 So. 2d 503
Docket Number: No. 98-2266
Parties: John FARRO, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. MARION COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT and United Self-Insured Services, Appellee/Cross-Appellants.
Judges: ERVIN, ALLEN and DAVIS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 729
Pages: 503–504

Head Matter:
John FARRO, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. MARION COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT and United Self-Insured Services, Appellee/Cross-Appellants.
No. 98-2266.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
April 6, 1999.
Dorothy Clay Sims and Kathy L. Yeatter of Sims & Lopez, P.A., Ocala; for Appel-lanVCross-Appellee.
Betty D. Marion of McCarty, Helm, Keeter, Marion, Davis & O’Connor, P.A., Ocala, for Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We affirm the issues appellant raises on appeal. On the cross-appeal, we reverse the award of taxable costs to appellant, because he did not prevail below. See Ardmore Farms v. Smith, 423 So.2d 1039 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982). Although the judge of compensation claims did not rule that the claimant was entitled to an award of attorney's fees to be paid by the employer/servicing agent, an award to which he would clearly not be entitled because he did not prevail below, we need not reach the issue of claimant's entitlement to fees, because we regard the judge's finding on fees as a reservation of jurisdiction to determine both entitlement and amount. Thus cross-appellant's challenge thereto is a premature. See Sandcaribe, Inc. v. Llerandi, 432 So.2d 185 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983).
AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART, and REMANDED.
ERVIN, ALLEN and DAVIS, JJ., concur.