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DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN & FAM. v. MONROE

No. 98-4358.

744 So.2d 1163 (1999)

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES, f/k/a Department of HRS, and Division Of Risk Management, Appellants, v. Edna MONROE, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

November 1, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Swain of Austin, Ley, Roe, Patsko, Swain, & Diaz, P.A., St. Petersburg, for Appellants.

John H. Thompson, IV, of John H. Thompson, IV, P.A., St. Petersburg, for Appellee.

BENTON, J.

As successor to Edna Monroe's former employer, the Department of Children & Families, together with the Division of Risk Management, appeal a final order awarding her supplemental benefits. The judge of compensation claims rejected the contention that benefits due Ms. Monroe on account of her work-related permanent total disability should be capped at the amount of her average weekly wage at the time of the accident. We affirm.

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