RALSTON PURINA CO. v. BYERS

No. AX-169.

457 So.2d 1138 (1984)

RALSTON PURINA COMPANY and Aetna Life & Casualty Company, Appellants, v. Alfred BYERS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

October 18, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Bradley Hassell, Smalbein, Eubank, Johnson, Rosier & Bussey, Daytona Beach, for appellants.

Edward H. Hurt, Hurt & Parrish, Orlando, and Bill McCabe, Shepherd, McCabe & Cooley, Orlando, for appellee.


BOOTH, Judge.

The employer/carrier appeal the deputy commissioner's holding that Section 440.15(3)(b)4, Florida Statutes, as amended in 1983, can be retroactively applied to accidents occurring prior to the effective date of the amendment, and awarding wage-loss benefits. The amended statute, for the first time, allows persons 65 and over and eligible for social security to also obtain wage-loss benefits but provides for a setoff for social security benefits received...

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