BARRY WAYNE TOWNSEL, APPELLANT,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Osceola Cnty. Comm'rs & U. S. Fid. & Guar. Co. v. Enos Thomas, 416 So. 2d 903 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982)
  …ing permanent impairment and entitlement to wage loss benefits. The finding that claimant was entitled to attorney’s fees was also improper absent a specific finding of the basis for such award in the order. See Blackburn Home Improvements v. Lebel, 414 So. 2d 12 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982). REVERSED. BOOTH, WENTWORTH and WIGGIN-TON, JJ., concur.…
• Westinghouse Elec. & Gates McDonald & Co. v. Widlan, 623 So. 2d 511 (Fla. 1st DCA 1993)
  …Frankl’s treatment of Claimant’s back from August 15,1988 to July 3, 1989. Chase, 562 So. 2d at 831. An award of attorney’s fees must have a statutory basis or be based on an agreement between the parties. See Blackburn Home Improvements v. Lebel, 414 So. 2d 12 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982). The statute on which the JCC based the award of Claimant’s attorney’s fees provides in pertinent part: A claimant shall be responsible for the payment of his own attorney’s fees, except that a claimant shall be entitled to reco…

Authorities Cited

• Smith v. State, 365 So. 2d 704 (Fla. 1978)