Opinion
Case No. 1D02-4846.
Opinion filed November 13, 2003. Rehearing Denied December 17, 2003.
An appeal from an order of the Judge of Compensation Claims, Dan F. Turnbull, Judge.
David C. Wiitala of Wiitala Contole, P.A., North Palm Beach, for Appellant.
Mary Frances Burnett of Eraclides, Johns, Hall, Gelman, Eikner Johannessen, L.L.P., Fort Myers, for Appellees.
In this Workers' Compensation case, the claimant's counsel seeks review of an order of the Judge of Compensation Claims that, without more, informed the parties that the judge did not find reasonable and would not approve the amount of attorneys' fees sought in connection with the parties' lump-sum settlement and side stipulation thereto. Upon further consideration of the claimant's response to this Court's order to demonstrate why this appeal should not be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction, we conclude that the JCC's order is interlocutory and is not appealable. See Fla.R.App.P. 9.180.
Appeal dismissed.
ALLEN, DAVIS and BENTON, JJ., concur.