BREVARD COUNTY SCHOOL BD. v. SPIRES

No. QQ-145.

379 So.2d 1006 (1980)

BREVARD COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD and the Hartford Insurance Group, Appellants, v. Edward M. SPIRES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

February 11, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donna C. Wyatt, Orlando, for appellants.

Jon Johnson and Janet R. Delaura of Smalbein, Eubank, Johnson, Rosier & Bussey, Daytona Beach, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Claimant, who injured his knee and lower back in the course and scope of his employment as a carpet installer, was awarded seventy percent permanent partial disability benefits based upon loss of wage earning capacity. We affirm the determination of disability, but we agree with appellants that the employer/carrier was entitled to a deduction for benefits paid for a prior injury.

The claimant suffered a knee injury in 1973 for which compensation...

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