Florida Division of Corrections v. Morgan

This court previously ruled that there was no competent substantial evidence to support a finding of permanent total disability based on loss of wage earning capacity because we found that the claimant’s work search was inadequate. We remanded the case for proceedings consistent with that finding. On remand, the deputy commissioner restated his initial findings, excused the claimant from any further work search, and again found permanent total disability due to loss of wage earning capacity; we must reverse again.

We held in Brevard Board of County Commissioners v. Caldwell, 379 So.2d 1031…