Cases

Writ of prohibition filed asserting that the JCC had abandoned the role of neutral arbiter in a hearing to set the amount of attorney’s fee to be awarded to claimant’s counsel. Specifically, the claimant’s attorney complained that the JCC questioned the claimant about the fee award during a hearing to determine if a settlement was in the claimant’s best interest. The Petition for Writ of Prohibition denied. The inquiries made by the JCC in questioning the reasonableness of a settlement for the claimant fell within that allowed by statute. See also Watson v. Waste Management, 949 So. 2d 1072 (Fla. 1^st DCA 2007).