D.C. GENERAL CONTRACTORS v. BLOUNT

No. 90-3804.

588 So.2d 674 (1991)

D.C. GENERAL CONTRACTORS and Claims Center, Appellants, v. Frank BLOUNT, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

November 12, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wendy Ellen Marfino of Miller, Kagan & Chait, Deerfield Beach, for appellants.

Barbara B. Wagner and C. Randal Morcroft, Deerfield Beach, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

This is a timely appeal of a worker's compensation order awarding wage loss benefits. We affirm.

The judge of compensation claims correctly determined that the claimant's personal representative may file a claim for benefits which accrued prior to the claimant's death. We reject the employer/carrier's argument that section 440.11(1), Florida Statutes, limits the class of persons who may file a claim. Section 440.11 provides that the liability of...

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