UNIWELD PRODUCTS, INC. v. LOPEZ

No. BO-162.

511 So.2d 758 (1987)

UNIWELD PRODUCTS, INC. and Cna Insurance Company, Appellants, v. Nelly LOPEZ and Division of Workers' Compensation, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

September 1, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Kelley, of Adams, Kelley, and Kronenberg, Miami, for appellants.

Mark L. Zientz, of Williams and Zientz, Coral Gables, and Joseph C. Segor, Miami, for appellees.


PER CURIAM.

The employer and carrier challenge the deputy commissioner's order awarding catastrophic loss benefits, temporary partial disability benefits, and permanent impairment benefits due to amputation, pursuant to section 440.15, Florida Statutes (1983). We reverse.

The claimant amputated the tips of her right middle and ring fingers while operating a metal punch machine. A plastic surgeon applied skin grafts to the ends of her fingers; neuromas developed...

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