WILHOIT INTERN. v. TIDWELL

No. BK-424.

497 So.2d 958 (1986)

WILHOIT INTERNATIONAL and Aetna Life & Casualty Company, Appellants, v. John TIDWELL, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

November 17, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel DeCiccio of DeCiccio & Broussard, Orlando, for appellants.

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


MILLS, Judge.

Wilhoit International and Aetna Life & Casualty Co. (E/C) appeal from an order of the deputy commissioner (D/C) awarding Tidwell permanent total disability (PTD) benefits and an attorney's fee pursuant to Section 440.34(2)(c), Florida Statutes (1979). We affirm in part and reverse in part.

In October 1979, while employed by the E/C as a welder, Tidwell struck his lower back on a steel beam. He sought treatment in June 1980 from Dr. Ortiz...

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