VANTAGE POINTE v. SOWERS

No. BA-133.

463 So.2d 396 (1985)

VANTAGE POINTE and State Farm Fire & Casualty Company, Appellants, v. David SOWERS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied February 27, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Delia Doyle Rose of Haas, Boehm, Brown, Rigdon & Secrest, Daytona Beach, for appellants.

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


MILLS, Judge.

Vantage Pointe appeals from a workers' compensation order awarding Sowers wage loss benefits from December 1983 to March 1984 and costs. It contends the deputy commissioner erred because Sowers failed to demonstrate an adequate job search and because he voluntarily limited his income. We agree and reverse.

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