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AMERICAN MUTUAL INS. CO. v. PATRICK

Nos. AV-287, AV-288.

453 So.2d 424 (1984)

AMERICAN MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Carrier, Special Disability Trust Fund, and George Brown & Son, Employer, Appellants, v. Collins PATRICK, Jr., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied July 30, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Hess, of Driscoll, Langston & Kane, P.A., Orlando, for George Brown & Son and American Mut. Ins. Co.

Thomas R. Criss, Tallahassee, for Special Disability Trust Fund.

Deborah C. Edens, of Maher, Overchuck, Langa & Lobb, Orlando, for appellee.

WIGGINTON, Judge.

The employer/carrier and the Special Disability Trust Fund appeal the deputy commissioner's order directing them to pay to claimant a lump sum advance of all future compensation benefits commuted to a present value of $103,700. The E/C raise three points for our review: (1) whether the lump sum advance is in claimant's best interest; (2) whether the $7,500 cap appearing in section 440.20(13)(d), Florida Statutes

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