Polk County School Board, Alexsis, Inc. v. Hardin

In this workers’ compensation case, claimant Hardin and the employer/carrier (e/c) entered into a pre-trial stipulation wherein claimant claimed “attendant care services from June 1, 1991 to July 30, 1991 for two hours per day @ $4.25 per hour.” The Judge of Compensation Claims subsequently awarded four hours of attendant care per day from June 1,1991 through August 15,1991 at $4.25 per hour. On appeal the e/c argued that the JCC erred in awarding attendant care benefits because: (1) no competent substantial evidence supports the JCC’s finding that the e/c should have known that claimant was…