Peo v. Maas Bros.

MICKLE, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the judge of compensation claims (JCC) denying the claim after finding that the treatment rendered to Claimant was time-barred by the statute of limitations. We reverse, finding as a matter of law that the care provided was “remedial attention relating to the insertion or attachment of a prosthetic device” as con- ■ templated in section 440.19(l)(b), Florida Statutes (1983).

The medical facts are not in dispute. Claimant, Winifred Peo, sustained a compen-sable accident on March 20, 1985, when she fractured her left hip after tripping and falling…