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ACTON v. FT. LAUDERDALE HOSP.

No. XX-129.

418 So.2d 1099 (1982)

Walter Nevin ACTON, II, Appellant, v. FT. LAUDERDALE HOSPITAL and the Insurance Company of North America, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied September 23, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank E. Maloney, Jr., MacClenny, for appellant.

Michael H. Lax of Lax & Evans, and Steven P. Kronenberg of Adams, Kelley, Kronenberg & Rutledge, Miami, for appellees.

David M. Redstone, Tallahassee, John D. Rawls, Jacksonville, Robert B. Scharf of Digiulian, Spellacy & Dichiara, Dennis M. Usdan of Nolan & Usdan, Fort Lauderdale, Richard A. Sicking of Kaplan, Sicking, Hessen, Sugarman, Rosenthal & DeCastro, Miami, David L. Kahn of Kahn & Gustafson, Fort Lauderdale, Mary Ann Stiles of Deschler, Reed & Critchfield, Boca Raton, Joseph A. Linnehan, Joseph C. Jacobs and Thomas M. Ervin, Jr. of Ervin, Varn, Jacobs, Odom & Kitchen, Tallahassee, John M. Abramson of Feldman, Abramson, Smith, Magidson & Levy, Miami, amici curiae.

MILLS, Judge.

The issue raised by this appeal is whether Section 440.15(3)(a) and (b), Florida Statutes (1981), is unconstitutional because it denies injured workers equal protection and access to the courts guaranteed by Article I, Sections 2 and 21 of the Florida Constitution (1968), and United States Constitution Amendment XIV, Section 1. Section 440.15(3)(a) and (b) is constitutional under both the State and Federal Constitutions.

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