Legal Opinion
Special Disability Trust Fund v. Myers
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided August 7, 1986No. BK-2PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHIVERS, Judge.
The Special Disability Trust Fund, Ingram’s Hardware (employer) and State Farm Insurance Company (carrier) appeal the deputy commissioner’s award of a lump-sum advance of permanent total disability benefits to Paul D. Myers (claimant) for injuries sustained on April 10, 1981. We reverse.
A lump-sum advance is not properly awarded before a claimant has reached maximum medical improvement (MMI). Butler’s Dairy, Inc. v. Honeycutt, 432 So.2d 777 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983); City of St. Petersburg Beach v. Harper, 8 FCR 333 (1974); Section 440.20(12)(a), Florida Statutes (1981). In this case…
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- Espada Enterprises, Inc. v. SpiroDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1986
- Leeds Shoes v. CucuzzaDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1983
- Butler's Dairy, Inc. v. HoneycuttDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1983
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