FLORIDA HOSP. v. WILLIAMS

No. 96-1173.

689 So.2d 1255 (1997)

FLORIDA HOSPITAL and Sedgwick James of Florida, Appellants, v. William P. WILLIAMS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

March 19, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael D. Rouse and Pamela J. Cox of Cox & Rouse, P.A., Orlando, for Appellants.

Paul C. Perkins, Jr., Winter Park and Bill McCabe of Shepherd, McCabe & Cooley, Longwood, for Appellee.


KAHN, Judge.

The employer/carrier (E/C) appeal from a final workers' compensation order awarding benefits based on the "reasonable person" exception to the two-year statute of limitations found in section 440.19, Florida Statutes (1991). Appellants contend that the reasonable person exception is not applicable to the instant case. We agree and reverse the order.

Claimant William P. Williams suffered a dorsiflexion injury to the right wrist in an industrial...

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