Crews v. Department of Transportation

SHIVERS, Judge.

The appellant/claimant,. Rebecca Crews, appeals an order of the judge of compensation claims (JCC) denying her claim for workers’ compensation death benefits pursuant to section 440.16, Florida Statutes (Supp.1986). We affirm for the reasons set out below.

The record on appeal indicates that Jimmy Crews, an employee of appellee/De-partment of Transportation, was involved in a compensable accident on October 20, 1986 which resulted in an injury to his knee. In the two years following the accident, Crews underwent a total of six surgeries, but continued to deteriorate both…