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WATKINS MOTOR LINES, INC. v. PRIVETTE

No. AI-5.

416 So.2d 850 (1982)

WATKINS MOTOR LINES, INC. and Employers Insurance of Wausau, Appellants, v. William PRIVETTE, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

July 8, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Barrett of Cooper & Rissman, P.A., Orlando, for appellants.

J. David Parrish of Hurt & Parrish, and Bill McCabe of Shepherd, McCabe & Cooley, Orlando, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

The employer/carrier appeal an award of temporary total disability benefits and attorney's fees. We reverse.

Claimant, a truck driver, sustained a compensable industrial accident on July 30, 1980, when a 600 pound drum slipped and pinned his right hand against the side of the truck. The claimant visited a doctor. Surgery was recommended, but the claimant refused on the grounds that he could not live on workers' compensation payments for the six...

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