Strauss v. City of Sarasota

THOMPSON, Judge.

Claimant Thomas A. Strauss appeals a workers’ compensation order denying his claim for wage-loss benefits, costs, interest and attorney’s fees for the period July through October 1988. We reverse.

The evidence adduced established that claimant returned to work following his March 1, 1984 compensable injury, and continued to work until November 1987 when Dr. Schwimmer, his treating physician, instructed him not to work. In January and April 1987, while claimant was still working, he was seen by two different physicians for an independent medical examination (I.M.E.). In January…