DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DIVISION OF RISK MANAGEMENT, APPELLANTS,
v.
TOMMY WALKER, APPELLEE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DIVISION OF RISK MANAGEMENT, APPELLANTS,
TOMMY WALKER, APPELLEE
634 So. 2d 1158
Florida District Court of Appeal, First District (1994)
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Cited by 6 cases
Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.
An attorney’s fee is not “compensation” within the meaning of section 440.20(8), Florida Statutes (1991). Amodei v. GCC Beverages, 449 So. 2d 991 (Fla. 1st DCA1984). We therefore reverse.
It is so ordered.
SMITH, BARFIELD and LAWRENCE, JJ., concur.
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Houston-Miller v. U.S. Fire Ins. & Crum & Forster Commercial Ins., 668 So. 2d 653 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996)…court has held that attorney’s fees are not “compensation” within the meaning of section 440.20(8), Florida Statutes, which provides for a penalty for “compensation” not paid within 30 days after it becomes due. See Department of Transp. v. Walker, 634 So. 2d 1158 (Fla. 1st DCA 1994); Amodei v. GCC Beverages, 449 So. 2d 991 (Fla. 1st DCA 1984). The claimant argues, however, that in Spaulding v. Albertson’s, Inc., 610 So. 2d 721 (Fla. 1st DCA 1992), this court considered attorney’s fees to be “compensation” wi…
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