KOGER v. SHERATON INN

No. 87-1211.

527 So.2d 284 (1988)

Marilyn KOGER, Appellant, v. SHERATON INN and Ina/Aetna and Tony's Restaurant and Reliance Insurance Company, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied July 13, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill McCabe, of Shepherd, McCabe & Cooley, Orlando; and Donna L. Schnorr, of Bruce L. Scheiner & Associates, Ft. Myers, for appellant.

Mark E. Hungate, of Fowler, White, Gillen, Boggs, Villareal & Banker, P.A., St. Petersburg, for appellees Employer/Carrier # 1, Sheraton/CIGNA.

Gerald W. Pierce, of Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A., Fort Myers, for appellees Tony's Restaurant and Reliance Ins. Co.


WIGGINTON, Judge.

Claimant appeals from the deputy commissioner's order denying her claim for permanent total disability benefits. The deputy found claimant capable of doing light work uninterruptedly and concluded that her lack of employment was due to her geographical circumstances, albeit such circumstances were "forced upon her by economic necessity and not by any intention on her part to voluntarily limit her employment." We reverse.

Since the deputy...

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