FLORIDA ROCK INDUSTRIES, INC. v. BEACH

No. AD-85.

409 So.2d 1160 (1982)

FLORIDA ROCK INDUSTRIES, INC. and Underwriters Adjusting Co., Appellants, v. Joan B. BEACH, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

February 16, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald S. Webster, of Whittaker, Pyle, Stum & Webster, Orlando, for appellants.

Ronald H. Watson, of Merritt & Watson, P.A., Eustis, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

The deputy erred in awarding workers' compensation disability benefits based on physical impairment to the body as a whole under section 440.15(3)(u), Florida Statutes (1978 Supp.), because there is no substantial competent evidence of any permanent injury to any unscheduled part of the body. Accordingly, the deputy's award must be limited to the scheduled benefits under section 440.15(3)(s) for lost use of a leg, based on the highest impairment rating...

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