PRIDGEN v. STATE, DEPT. OF TRANSP.

No. SS-338.

390 So.2d 111 (1980)

E.C. PRIDGEN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION and Division of Risk Management Services, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

November 7, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dale E. Rice, Crestview, for appellant.

J. Nixon Daniel, III, of Beggs & Lane, P.A., Pensacola, for appellees.


SHAW, Judge.

The 65-year-old claimant suffered a compensable injury to his back in 1977 that was subsequently diagnosed as an acute thoracic lumbar strain. The deputy commissioner found the claimant permanently totally disabled and apportioned out of the award 45% of the claimant's over-all disability.

The claimant has worked for the present employer since 1962 and has a work history which includes farming, carpenter's helper, truck driver and a 1973 job-connected...

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