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VENTURA v. PALM SPRINGS GENERAL HOSP.

No. AV-466.

463 So.2d 414 (1985)

Betty VENTURA, Appellant, v. PALM SPRINGS GENERAL HOSPITAL, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, and the Division of Workers' Compensation, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

January 31, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lori E. Barrist of Pelzner, Schwedock, Finkelstein & Klausner, P.A., Miami, for appellant.

R. Ty Hodges of Miller, Hodges & Kagan, P.A., Miami, for appellees.

MILLS, Judge.

In this workers' compensation case, Ventura appeals from an order denying her claim for a lump sum advance of permanent total disability (PTD) benefits. We affirm.

Ventura, a 57-year-old woman, had an industrial accident on 9 April 1981. After being accepted by the employer/carrier (E/C) as permanently and totally disabled, she requested a lump sum advance of all PTD benefits. The E/C opposed the request.

At the hearing, Ventura testified...

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