SPECIAL DISABILITY TRUST FUND v. HUBBARD CONST.

No. 97-290

701 So.2d 1209 (1997)

SPECIAL DISABILITY TRUST FUND, Appellant, v. HUBBARD CONSTRUCTION COMPANY and CNA Insurance Companies, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

November 26, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy Staff Slayden, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Diane L. Sudia of Rissman, Weisberg, Barrett, Hurt, Donahue & McLain, P.A., Orlando, for Appellees.


BARFIELD, Chief Judge.

The Special Disability Trust Fund (SDTF) appeals an order requiring it, pursuant to section 440.49(2)(b), Florida Statutes (1991), to reimburse the employer/carrier (E/C) for a percentage of the wage loss benefits paid to the claimant, a bridge carpenter hired by the employer with knowledge that he had a preexisting left eye impairment, who severely injured his right knee in a fall at work in 1992. We reverse.

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