Case Name: CIRCLE-K STORES, INC./ Constitution State Services Company, Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. Emerita FLORES-ORELLANA, Appellee/Cross-Appellant
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2017-08-21
Citations: 224 So. 3d 888
Docket Number: CASE NO. 1D16-1715
Parties: CIRCLE-K STORES, INC./ Constitution State Services Company, Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. Emerita FLORES-ORELLANA, Appellee/Cross-Appellant.
Judges: ROWE, OSTERHAUS, and WINOKUR, JJ., CONCUR.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 224
Pages: 888–888

Head Matter:
CIRCLE-K STORES, INC./ Constitution State Services Company, Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. Emerita FLORES-ORELLANA, Appellee/Cross-Appellant.
CASE NO. 1D16-1715
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Opinion filed August 21, 2017
H. George Kagan of Miller, Kagan, Rodriguez & Silver, P.A., West Palm Beach, for Appellants/Cross Appellees.
Mark L. Zientz of Law Offices of Mark L. Zientz, P.A., Miami, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
In this workers' compensation case, the Employer/Servicing Agent (E/SA) appeal an order of the Judge of Compensation Claims (JCC) awarding Claimant E/SA-paid attorney's fees and costs based on Claimant's success in a proceeding for modification. Claimant cross-appeals the JCC's determination of the attorney fee amount and denial of a separate attorney's fee for establishing fee entitlement. We affirm the issue on appeal, as well as the denial of a separate attorney's fee challenged in the cross-appeal. However, we reverse and remand for a re-calculation of the fee amount because the JCC erred by calculating it using a discount factor based on evidence outside of the record. See § 440.34(1), Florida Statutes (2009).
AFFIRMED IN PART; REVERSED IN PART; and REMANDED.
ROWE, OSTERHAUS, and WINOKUR, JJ., CONCUR.