Gates Energy Products v. Wheeler

ZEHMER, Chief Judge.

Employer and Carrier appeal a workers’ compensation order awarding Claimant wage loss benefits pursuant to a compensable accident that occurred on August 20, 1988. Wage loss benefits had been paid until terminated by the employer and carrier on November 4,1988. The Judge of Compensation Claims rejected Employer and Carrier’s contention that subsection 440.15(3)(b), Florida Statutes (1991), precluded as a matter of law the finding of permanent impairment because it was based solely on subjective complaints by the claimant. We reject Employer and Carrier’s proposed…