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PINELLAS COUNTY SCHOOL BD. v. HIGGINS

No. 91-983.

597 So.2d 355 (1992)

PINELLAS COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, Appellant, v. Charles HIGGINS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

April 13, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karen Boroughs Lopez of Masterson, Rogers, Patterson, Masterson, O'Brien & Lopez, St. Petersburg, for appellant.

Peter N. Meros of Meros, Smith & Olney, St. Petersburg, for appellee.

BARFIELD, Judge.

The employer/carrier challenge a workers' compensation order awarding permanent total disability (PTD) benefits based on the average weekly wage (AWW) from a June 1987 accident in which the 57-year-old claimant fell off a ladder, injuring his lower back. They assert that the judge should have used the AWW from a subsequent compensable accident in August 1988, when the claimant slipped on a piece of paper and fell, again injuring his back. We affirm...

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