GILLEY TRUCKING CO. v. MORRELL

No. 90-3819.

591 So.2d 302 (1991)

GILLEY TRUCKING COMPANY and Georgia Casualty & Surety Company, Appellants, v. Elbie D. MORRELL, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

December 20, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sandra S. Hornsby, Haas, Boehm, Brown, Rigdon & Seacrest, Tallahassee, for appellants.

Thomas G. Morton, Jr., Pensacola, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Appellants challenge a workers' compensation order awarding the cost of construction of a conventional house modified to suit the claimant, a quadriplegic. We affirm.

The claimant suffered a compensable accident when he was struck in the head while working as a logger. He was rendered a permanent quadriplegic. Claimant's residence before the accident was not suitable for an individual in his condition. Therefore, appellants offered to purchase...

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