CHENEY BROTHERS v. JOHNSON

No. 89-3347.

566 So.2d 874 (1990)

CHENEY BROTHERS and Liberty Mutual, Appellants, v. Leon JOHNSON, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

September 7, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. George Kagan, Scott H. Silver, and Wendy Ellen Marfino, of Miller, Kagan & Chait, P.A., Deerfield Beach, for appellants.

Harvey Kaufman, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


SHIVERS, Chief Judge.

The employer/carrier (E/C) appeal a workers' compensation order awarding claimant permanent total disability (PTD) benefits. We reverse and remand.

Claimant suffered a compensable accident on November 18, 1986, leaving him with severe spinal cord injuries. The judge of compensation claims based her award of PTD benefits on: (1) the presumption in section 440.15(1)(b), Florida Statutes, of PTD in cases where claimant is paraplegic or quadriplegic...

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