Sebastian North, Inc. v. Blackman

By our per curiam decision in this case, we have affirmed an award of worker’s compensation benefits to Sherry Lyn Black-man. I concur in the court’s decision, and write only to address one matter raised in the employer’s brief.

Ms. Blackman went to work for a fast food restaurant operated by the employer in February 1989. The undisputed evidence in this ease shows that on January 17, 1989, while swimming in the Atlantic Ocean, Ms. Blackman was struck by a large wave. The force of the wave threw her to the ocean floor, causing a dislocation of her right shoulder. She received treatment at a…