ROYAL & SUNALLIANCE v. CHAVEZ

No. 1D04-2450.

920 So.2d 69 (2006)

ROYAL & SUNALLIANCE and Ole Mexican Foods, Inc., Appellants, v. Joseph J. CHAVEZ, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied February 8, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jill M. Spears, Rissman, Weisberg, Barrett, Hurt, Donahue & McLain, P.A., Orlando, for Appellants.

Bradley Guy Smith, Smith, Feddeler, Smith & Miles, P.A., Lakeland; Susan W. Fox, Fox & Loquasto, P.A., Tampa; Wendy S. Loquasto, Fox & Loquasto, P.A., Tallahassee, for Appellee.


WEBSTER, J.

In this workers' compensation case, the employer and carrier seek review of a determination that claimant is permanently and totally disabled and, therefore, entitled to permanent total disability and permanent total disability supplemental benefits. Because the judge of compensation claims used an incorrect legal test to reach that determination, we reverse.

Claimant sustained work-related injuries in 1999. Since 1994, "[o]nly a catastrophic injury...

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