LEE COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION v. FIFER

No. 1D08-1057.

996 So.2d 229 (2008)

LEE COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION/LEE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS and Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc., Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. Beverly Dudney FIFER, Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied December 17, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Date of Accident: February 25, 1983. Michael F. Tew of Law Offices of Michael F. Tew, P.L., Ft. Myers, for Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

Brian O. Sutter of All Injuries Law Firm of Brian Sutter, Port Charlotte; and Richard W. Ervin, III of Fox & Loquasto, P.A., Tallahassee, for Appellee/Cross Appellant.


PER CURIAM.

In this appeal and cross-appeal, the employer/carrier (E/C) challenge the Judge of Compensation Claims' (JCC) ruling that they could not unilaterally suspend the permanent total disability (PTD) benefits they had been voluntarily paying Claimant. The E/C argue that, because there was no order adjudicating Claimant's entitlement to PTD benefits, the E/C could terminate those benefits at any time. The E/C also challenge the JCC's award of PTD benefits from...

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