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JENSEN CONST. CO. v. SOWERS

No. BF-290.

480 So.2d 691 (1985)

JENSEN CONSTRUCTION CO. and St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company, Appellants, v. Ralph SOWERS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

December 30, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Anthony Schoder, Jr., of Smith, Schoder, Rouse & Will, Daytona Beach, for appellants.

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

WENTWORTH, Judge.

Employer/carrier seek review of a workers' compensation order by which claimant's application for a lump-sum advance of all compensation payments was approved. We find no sufficient showing that such lump-sum payment would be in claimant's best interests as contemplated by § 440.20(13)(d), Florida Statutes, and we therefore reverse the order appealed.

Claimant was receiving workers' compensation payments for permanent total disability...

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