Bojangles v. Kuring

In this workers’ compensation case, the employer and carrier (e/c) challenge an award compensating the claimant’s husband for attendant care services. The e/c argue that the Judge of Compensation Claims (JCC) made an improper “blanket award” of attendant care which was unsupported by competent substantial evidence concerning the quantity of care actually provided by the claimant’s husband. We agree that the award must be reversed, and we remand the case for further proceedings.

The claimant injured her arms in industrial accidents in 1985 and 1986. Serious complications left her “barely able…