MORRIS v. C.A. MEYER PAVING & CONST.

No. BS-416.

516 So.2d 302 (1987)

James MORRIS, Appellant, v. C.A. MEYER PAVING & CONSTRUCTION AND CNA Insurance Company, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied January 8, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael M. O'Brien and William T. Roshko, of O'Brien & Hooper, Orlando, for appellant.

Rex A. Hurley, of Zimmerman, Shuffield, Kiser & Sutcliffe, Orlando, for appellees.


ZEHMER, Judge.

We have for review a workers' compensation order denying permanent impairment benefits for amputation based on the ruling that surgical removal of an employee's testicle consequent to a covered industrial accident does not constitute amputation within the meaning of section 440.15(3)(a), Florida Statutes (1985). Concluding that the deputy commissioner has misconstrued that section, we reverse.

The pertinent facts are simple and undisputed. As...

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