South Miami Hospital v. Faz

MILLS, Judge.

The employer/carrier appeal and the claimant cross appeals from a deputy commissioner’s order awarding 50 percent permanent partial disability benefits based upon a physical and psychological impairment but reversing jurisdiction for the purpose of determining wage-earning capacity loss.

Four points are raised in this appeal but only one merits discussion. The employer/carrier argue the deputy erred in failing to dismiss claimant’s claim for wage-earning capacity loss since she failed to conduct a work search.

The claimant, in her cross-appeal, urges the deputy erred in reserving…