METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY v. BERMUDEZ

No. 93-822.

648 So.2d 197 (1994)

METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY, Appellant, v. Guillermo BERMUDEZ, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied January 24, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Ginsburg, Dade County Atty., John McInnis, Asst. County Atty., Dade County, Miami, for appellant.

Henry E. Fierro and Jay M. Levy, Miami, for appellee.


BENTON, Judge.

This workers' compensation case began with Guillermo Bermudez's claim for benefits on account of an automobile accident. Dade County, his employer, concedes the compensability of his injuries, but contends that it was entitled to reduce compensation benefits by twenty-five percent, because Mr. Bermudez was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the accident. The judge of compensation claims ruled against the County, finding that it did not prove this...

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