HOME DEPOT v. TURNER

No. 1D01-3413.

820 So.2d 1075 (2002)

HOME DEPOT and Sedgwick CMS, Appellants, v. Lucy TURNER, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

July 16, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald F. Znosko and Sean H. McBride of Langston, Hess, Bolton, Znosko, Helm & Allen, P.A., Maitland, for Appellants.

Barry Silber of Barry Silber, P.A., Pensacola, for Appellee.


KAHN, J.

In this workers' compensation case, the employer and carrier (E/C) challenge the award below both of permanent total disability (PTD) benefits and of an authorized primary care physician for appellee's benefit. We affirm and address briefly the issue concerning PTD.

The parties agree that the standard for PTD is that set out in section 440.15(1)(b), Florida Statutes (1995):

Only a catastrophic injury as defined in s. 440.02 shall, in the...

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