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MIMS & THOMAS MFG. CO. v. FERGUSON

No. 48230.

340 So.2d 920 (1976)

MIMS and THOMAS Manufacturing Co. and Insurance Company of North America, Petitioners, v. Dorothy G. Ferguson and Industrial Relations Commission, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

November 4, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Jack Miller and H. George Kagan of Miller & Hodges, Coral Gables, for petitioners.

Jonathan L. Alpert, Miami, for respondents.

Richard A. Sicking of Kaplan, Dorsey, Sicking & Hessen, Miami, for Fla. Academy of Trial Lawyers, amicus curiae.

John McQuigg, Tampa, for amicus curiae.

ENGLAND, Justice.

We have before us for review an order of the Industrial Relations Commission which held with respect to so-called "scheduled injuries" under Section 440.15(3), Florida Statutes (1975), that disability benefits awarded for a partial loss of limb must be determined by reference to "the occupational impact of the injury upon the scheduled member... ." In so ruling the Commission reversed an award of benefits rendered by the Judge of Industrial Claims...

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