Collier v. Donzi Marine

ZEHMER, Judge.

Bruce Collier appeals a workers’ compensation order denying his claim for benefits, modifying a previous order to relieve employer and carrier from their obligation to pay benefits due under that order, and dismissing the entire case. Concluding that the application of the misrepresentation defense based on Martin Co. v. Carpenter, 132 So.2d 400 (Fla.1961), is not supported by competent, substantial evidence, we reverse.

Claimant sustained an industrial injury to his low back in June 1987 while helping a coworker load 240 pounds of fiberglass; the coworker slipped, and claimant…