BRANNON v. TAMPA TRIBUNE

No. 97-1628.

711 So.2d 97 (1998)

Martha BRANNON, Appellant, v. TAMPA TRIBUNE and Kemper Risk Management Services, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied June 5, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis Smejkal of Parrish & Smejkal, Orlando, and Bill McCabe of Shepherd, McCabe & Cooley, Longwood, for Appellant.

Susan W. Fox of MacFarlane, Ferguson & McMullen, Tampa, for Appellees.


PADOVANO, Judge.

The issue in this appeal is whether the Workers' Compensation Statute, as amended in 1994, authorizes simultaneous recovery of permanent impairment benefits and permanent total disability benefits. We hold that it does not.

Martha Brannon slipped and fell on June 5, 1996, while she was attempting to load two bales of papers at her place of employment with the Tampa Tribune. As a result of the fall, Brannon suffered injuries to her lower back...

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