Indian River Community College v. Chesser

THOMPSON, Judge.

The employer/carrier (E/C) appeal a workers’ compensation order contending, inter alia, that the deputy commissioner erred in awarding claimant temporary total disability (TTD) benefits. We agree and reverse.

Claimant is a 30-year-old physical education teacher holding a Master’s degree. She sustained a compensable accident and injury to her back and hip on June 27,1977, when she slipped and fell taking a shower on the job. On June 29, July 7, and July 15, 1977, she was seen by an orthopedic specialist who determined that she had no orthopedic pathology and no disability. She…