South Atlantic Shipbuilders, Inc. v. Taylor

THORNAL, Justice.

By petition for certiorari we have for review an order of the Florida Industrial Commission reversing a workman’s compensation award.entered by the judge of industrial claims.

The sole issue involved is whether claimant is permanently, totally disabled.

Claimant sustained a compensable injury on December 3, 1963, when he fell from a scaffold and landed on his back and legs. Dr. Hall, the treating orthopedic surgeon, determined claimant had reached maximum medical improvement in June, 1966, and that claimant was able to perform light work. He further advised claimant to seek…