Case Name: CAST CRETE CORPORATION and Hewitt, Coleman & Associates, Appellants, v. Arthur BURNEY and Ciminelli Construction Co., Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1987-05-21
Citations: 507 So. 2d 755
Docket Number: No. BK-86
Parties: CAST CRETE CORPORATION and Hewitt, Coleman & Associates, Appellants, v. Arthur BURNEY and Ciminelli Construction Co., Appellees.
Judges: WENTWORTH, J., concurs.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 507
Pages: 755–757

Head Matter:
CAST CRETE CORPORATION and Hewitt, Coleman & Associates, Appellants, v. Arthur BURNEY and Ciminelli Construction Co., Appellees.
No. BK-86.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
May 21, 1987.
Janet Jaspers of Matusek, Ogden, McKnight & Hudson, St. Petersburg, for appellants.
William H. Yanger, Jr., Tampa, for appel-lee Burney.
Frank May, Tampa, for appellee Ciminel-li.

Opinion:
BARFIELD, Judge.
There is substantial competent evidence to support the deputy's conclusion that Cast Crete Corporation is responsible for the payment of temporary total disability benefits and treatment for claimant. Those awards are AFFIRMED. The record further reflects that the parties stipulated that the determination of attorney fees would be deferred to a later hearing. Notwithstanding this understanding of the parties, the deputy made a determination of attorney fees in the proceeding concurrent with the other benefits payable to claimant. The matter not being properly before the deputy at the hearing, no determination on fees should have been made. The award of attorney fees is REVERSED and the claim is REMANDED to the deputy commissioner for further proceedings on the matter of attorney fees after proper notice.
WENTWORTH, J., concurs.
MILLS, J., concurs in part and dissents in part, with written opinion.