Case Name: AGRICO CHEMICAL CO. and Underwriters Adjusting Company, Appellants, v. Norma J. TYLER, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1983-10-25
Citations: 439 So. 2d 970
Docket Number: No. AQ-361
Parties: AGRICO CHEMICAL CO. and Underwriters Adjusting Company, Appellants, v. Norma J. TYLER, Appellee.
Judges: ROBERT P. SMITH, Jr. and BOOTH, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 439
Pages: 970–971

Head Matter:
AGRICO CHEMICAL CO. and Underwriters Adjusting Company, Appellants, v. Norma J. TYLER, Appellee.
No. AQ-361.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Oct. 25, 1983.
Charles E. Bentley and C. Kenneth Stuart, Jr., of Holland & Knight, Bartow, for appellants.
George B. Cappy, Tampa, for appellee.

Opinion:
WIGGINTON, Judge.
Appellants, employer/carrier, appeal the deputy commissioner's award of wage loss benefits to claimant Tyler. Substantial competent evidence supports the award and we affirm.
Also raised by appellants is a question concerning the deputy commissioner's preliminary disposition of entitlement to an attorney's fee. The deputy commissioner's order declares that: "Claimant's attorney is entitled to a fee which shall be determined at a later hearing." Appellants, interpreting that statement as assessing against them liability for claimant's attorney's fee to be determined later, have pointed out that claimant at no time requested an attorney's fee award and such an award is not due under the criteria enunciated in section 440.34, Florida Statutes. We do not interpret paragraph two as an assessment of attorney's fees against appellants and disregard any implication to that effect.
AFFIRMED.
ROBERT P. SMITH, Jr. and BOOTH, JJ., concur.