NEW WALES CHEMICALS, INC. v. PARKS

No. 87-33.

518 So.2d 360 (1987)

NEW WALES CHEMICALS, INC., and United States Fire Insurance Company, Appellants, v. Woodrow W. PARKS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

December 18, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Bentley and Michael P. Sampson of Holland & Knight, Lakeland, for appellants.

Susan W. Fox of Macfarlane, Ferguson, Allison & Kelly, Tampa, and H. Guy Smith, Lakeland, for appellee.


ZEHMER, Judge.

The employer and carrier appeal a workers' compensation order granting vocational rehabilitation benefits to claimant. The only significant issue raised on appeal is whether section 440.49(1)(a), Florida Statutes (1985), permits a claimant to receive vocational rehabilitation benefits when his employer has provided him with employment earning wages substantially close to his pre-injury wages which the deputy commissioner determined to be unsuitable...

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