ATTITUDES & TRENDS v. ARSUAGA

No. 91-3769.

616 So.2d 1103 (1993)

ATTITUDES & TRENDS and Aetna Life & Casualty Company, Appellants, v. Michael ARSUAGA, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

April 8, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel De Ciccio and Maureen L. Moore, De Ciccio & Broussard, P.A., Orlando, for appellants.

O. John Alpizar, Alpizar & Gray, P.A., Palm Bay, and Bill McCabe Shepherd, McCabe & Cooley, Longwood, for appellee.


JORGENSON, Associate Judge.

The employer/carrier appeal a workers' compensation order by which the claimant was awarded attendant care benefits and found entitled to an attorney's fee. We reject the employer/carrier's contention that section 440.13(2)(f), Florida Statutes (Supp. 1990), precludes an award of attendant care for services rendered before a physician prescribes such care or states that it is medically necessary. The claimant presented the required medical...

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