Sam Bloom Plumbing Co. v. Boykin

ERVIN, Judge.

The employer/carrier (e/e) appeals the deputy commissioner’s (dc) award of temporary total disability (TTD), temporary partial disability (TPD), and wage-loss (WL) benefits, as well as the award of attorney’s fees, interest, costs, and penalties. We find that , all of the above compensation benefits were properly awarded the claimant, but reverse the dc’s determination that the claimant’s average weekly wage (AWW) should be calculated in accordance with Section 440.14(l)(e), Florida Statutes (1979).

At the time of the his injury, claimant, then 18, was enrolled as an apprentice in…