District Court of Appeal of Florida

In a workers' compensation case, an award of appellate attorneys' fees is reversed where no competent substantial evidence was presented to the judge of compensation claims disputing the reasonableness of the fee requested by appellant's appellate attorneys, and the court reiterates that unsworn responses and arguments of counsel are not evidence upon which a judge of compensation claims may rely when determining the amount of a reasonable fee.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/29/2006
• Published 01/02/2007

Judges

• WEBSTER, J.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Susan W. Fox of Fox & Loquasto, P.A., Tampa, and Wendy S. Loquasto of Fox & Loquasto, P.A., Tallahassee, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• David K. Beach of Rissman, Barrett, Hurt, Donahue & McLain, P.A., Tampa, for Appellee.