Alie v. Crum Staffing, Inc.

In this workers’ compensation case, claimant seeks review of an order denying temporary partial disability benefits, penalties, interest, costs and attorney’s fees. We reverse because the judge of compensation claims erroneously denied temporary partial disability benefits based on a finding that claimant failed to conduct an adequate job search.

As we recently explained in Wyeth/Pharma Field Sales v. Toscano, 40 So.3d 795, 802-03 (Fla. 1st DCA 2010), “the requirement of a job search has not been applied to periods of [temporary partial disability] where the immediate and identifiable…