Workers' Compensation
Listed below is McConnaughhay, Coonrod, Pope, Weaver & Stern, P.A.'s workers' compensation case law database. The database dates back until 1971 and includes over 5500 workers' compensation court decisions.
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Seminole County Bd. of County Comr's v. Chaplin
460 So.2d 544, (Fla.App. 1 Dist., Dec 13, 1984)
Court reversed deputy's award of catastrophic benefits pursuant to Section 440.15(2)(b) F.S. In order to award catastrophic temporary total compensation the deputy must find that the claimant sustained a total loss of use of the scheduled member and he also must find that the total loss of use is because of organic damage to the claimant's nervous system. A deputy's determination that a claimant has sustained loss of use of his arm because of organic damage to the nervous system cannot be based merely on his observations and the claimant's demeanor or testimony alone. Loss of use of the arm because of organic damage to the nervous system must be established by medical evidence. **NOTE STATUTORY CHANGE
