PALM BEACH NEWSPAPERS, INC. v. ROSTON

No. AB-180.

404 So.2d 174 (1981)

PALM BEACH NEWSPAPERS, INC., and Fred S. James & Company of Florida, Appellants, v. Sophia B. ROSTON, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

September 29, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marjorie D. Gadarian, of Jones & Foster, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellants.

Stanley J. Narkier, of Weathers, Narkier & Brooks, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


THOMPSON, Judge.

On this appeal, the employer/carrier contends that the Deputy Commissioner erred by awarding temporary total disability benefits to the claimant and by finding that the employer/carrier is responsible for the costs of treatment by an unauthorized physician. We agree and reverse.

There must be competent substantial evidence showing that the claimant is unable to work before she is entitled to temporary total disability benefits. When there...

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