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CHAMBER ACTION |
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Representative Gelber offered the following: |
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Amendment (with directory amendment) |
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Between line(s) 4658 & 4659, insert: |
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(8) If, in defending a petition for benefits, an employer |
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or carrier incurs attorney’s fees that exceed the fee payable to |
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the claimant’s attorney under this section, the fee limitations |
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as set forth in this section shall not apply and the fee due the |
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claimant’s attorney shall be a reasonable fee as determined by |
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the judge of compensation claims. |
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=========== D I R E C T O R Y A M E N D M E N T ========== |
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Remove line(s) 4547, and insert: |
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440.34, Florida Statutes, are amended, and subsections (7) and |
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(8) are |