COCHRANE DISTRIBUTING CO. v. LEWIS

No. BJ-488.

504 So.2d 1291 (1987)

COCHRANE DISTRIBUTING COMPANY and Utica Mutual Insurance Company, Appellants, v. Paul LEWIS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied April 6, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marjorie Gadarian Graham, of Jones & Foster, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellants.

Richard Kupfer, of Cone, Wagner, Nugent, Johnson, Roth & Romano, and Goodmark & Goodmark, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


THOMPSON, Judge.

The employer/carrier (E/C) appeal compensation orders awarding claimant a lump sum advance equal to 90 percent of his future permanent total disability (PTD) benefits. We reverse.

The Claimant, a 43 year old man, was rendered PTD as a result of an industrial accident occurring in April 1972. He has a ten year old daughter and an eight year old son who now share a bedroom in his two bedroom, one bath house. He sought a partial lump sum advance...

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