MAHONEY v. SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO.

No. AF-84.

419 So.2d 754 (1982)

Michael MAHONEY, Appellant, v. SEARS, ROEBUCK & COMPANY and Crawford & Company, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

September 22, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alex P. Lancaster, Sarasota, for appellant.

Keith A. Mann of Dickinson, O'Riorden, Gibbons, Quale, Shields & Carlton, P.A., Sarasota, for appellees.


McCORD, Judge.

On January 8, 1981, Michael Mahoney, an 18-year-old man, was working part-time for extra money to help him through school when he was struck in the eye by a tire iron thrown by a fellow employee. As a result, he has suffered at least an 80% loss of vision in his eye, rendering it, for all practical purposes, useless. He now argues that Section 440.15(3)(a)1, Florida Statutes (1980), which limits his compensation award to $1,200 for the loss of the eye...

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