DEPT. OF TRANSP., ETC. v. FERRELL

No. AG-72.

414 So.2d 657 (1982)

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, DIVISION OF RISK MANAGEMENT, Appellant, v. Charlie E. FERRELL, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

June 4, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry D. Graves of Ritch & Graves, Gainesville, for appellant.

Eric Wagner of Wagner & Simmons, Ocala, for appellee.


THOMPSON, Judge.

The employer/carrier (E/C) appeal a workers' compensation order, contending that the deputy commissioner (deputy) erred in finding claimant permanently totally disabled (PTD) based on a 100% diminution of wage earning capacity. We affirm.

Claimant sustained a compensable injury to his back on February 21, 1978. Approximately a year later, claimant suffered a substantial loss of vision due to a sudden onset of cataracts, a condition unrelated...

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