DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DIVISION OF RISK MANAGEMENT, APPELLANTS,
v.
TOMMY WALKER, APPELLEE

Fla. 1st DCA | 1994-04-22
No. 93-2393
SMITH, BARFIELD and LAWRENCE, JJ., concur.
634 So. 2d 1158 Florida District Court of Appeal, First District (1994) Positive Treatment
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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

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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