AMERICAN STATES INS. CO. v. ROZIER

No. 83-521.

450 So.2d 547 (1984)

AMERICAN STATES INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Willie ROZIER, Jr., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied June 14, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Errol S. Cornell of Cornell & Almeyda, P.A., Miami, for appellant.

Thomas D. Stafford, Fort Lauderdale and Barbara J. Compiani of Edna L. Caruso, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


LETTS, Judge.

This appeal presents the question of whether an employee sufficiently carried the burden of demonstrating to the court that he did not recover the full value of his damages sustained, under Section 440.39(3)(a), Florida Statutes (1981), entitled Workers' Compensation. The trial judge found that he did not carry that burden, but we disagree and reverse.

The employee, during the course of employment, was injured in a highway head-on collision and...

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