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SPECIAL DISABILITY TRUST FUND v. MYERS

No. BK-2.

492 So.2d 788 (1986)

SPECIAL DISABILITY TRUST FUND, Ingram's Hardware and State Farm Insurance Companies, Appellants, v. Paul D. MYERS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

August 7, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary E. Ingley, Tallahassee, for appellant/Special Disability Trust Fund.

Gerald W. Pierce of Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, Ft. Myers, for appellants/Ingram's Hardware and State Farm Ins.

Richard I. Cervelli, Richard I. Cervelli P.A., Naples, for appellee.

SHIVERS, Judge.

The Special Disability Trust Fund, Ingram's Hardware (employer) and State Farm Insurance Company (carrier) appeal the deputy commissioner's award of a lump-sum advance of permanent total disability benefits to Paul D. Myers (claimant) for injuries sustained on April 10, 1981. We reverse.

A lump-sum advance is not properly awarded before a claimant has reached maximum medical improvement (MMI). Butler's Dairy, Inc. v. Honeycutt,

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