CASTRO v. FLORIDA JUICE DIVISION

No. UU-485.

400 So.2d 1280 (1981)

Tranquilino CASTRO, Appellant, v. FLORIDA JUICE DIVISION and Southern Fire Adjusters, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied August 4, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ira J. Druckman, Miami, for appellant.

John F. McMath, Miami, for appellees.


ERVIN, Judge.

In this workers' compensation action, the claimant contends that the deputy commissioner erred in finding that the claimant's hypertension and obesity were not causally related to a foot injury which the claimant suffered in connection with a compensable accident. We agree and reverse that portion of the order which limited the recovery to a 25% permanent partial disability rating as to the foot injury only, and remand the case for reconsideration of...

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