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POLK CTY. BD. OF CTY. COMMISSIONERS v. PATTERSON

No. AP-120.

433 So.2d 1298 (1983)

POLK COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS and Commercial Risk Management, Inc., Appellants, v. Donald PATTERSON, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

June 30, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Williams of Lane, Trohn, Bertrand & Williams, P.A., Lakeland, for appellants.

Michael B. Murphy of Stanley, Wines, Bennett, Murphy & Spanjers, P.A., Auburndale, for appellee.

ROBERT P. SMITH, Jr., Chief Judge.

In this workers' compensation appeal the employer and servicing agent contend that claimant is not entitled to vocational rehabilitation benefits under section 440.49(1)(a), Florida Statutes (1980), for the reason, among others, that he has not been assigned a permanent impairment rating under the AMA Guidelines. We disagree, for nothing in section 440.49(1)(a) makes such a rating a condition precedent to an award of rehabilitation...

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