In Ronald Shomaker v. Polk County Board of County Commissioners and Commercial Risk Management, Inc. the Claimant filed a Verified Petition for Attorney’s Fees and Costs. The value of all of the benefits secured is $179,129.80. The value of the indemnity benefits is $177,497.80. A statutory fee solely on the indemnity benefits is $18,499.78. The JCC reviewed counsel’s timesheet and found that 76.87 is a reasonable amount of time spent by counsel. The statutory fee is equivalent to $242.79 which the JCC found is not an unreasonable fee when reduced to an hourly amount. The JCC ultimately AWARDED claimant’s attorney fees in the sum of $18,662.98.
