Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2001

Suntree United Methodist Church v. Cowell

Suntree United Methodist Church v. Cowell
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided August 1, 2001 · Benton, Ervin, Webster
793 So. 2d 1063; 2001 Fla. App. LEXIS 10731; 2001 WL 864304 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Suntree United Methodist Church v. Cowell

Opinion of the Court

WEBSTER, J.

In this workers’ compensation case, we construe the “treatment” authorized in the order entered by the judge of compensation claims as intended to be limited to treatment necessarily related to the diagnostic evaluations authorized. See Gulf Life Ins. Co. v. Gennell, 666 So.2d 1017, 1018 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996) (treatment may not be authorized for a condition before it is determined that the condition is causally related to the industrial accident). As so construed, the order authorizing diagnostic evaluations is affirmed. Because the judge of compensation claims determined that claimant was entitled to a reasonable attorney fee, but reserved jurisdiction to determine the amount, we lack jurisdiction to consider the propriety of that portion of the order. See Dep’t of Children & Families v. Monroe, 744 So.2d 1163, 1164 (Fla. 1st DCA 1999) (an order that merely determines entitlement to attorney fees, without setting an amount, is non-final and non-appealable).

AFFIRMED.

ERVIN and BENTON, JJ., CONCUR.

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