Kaplan v. Lowry Electric Co.

ON REHEARING GRANTED

McCAIN, Justice.

This cause is before the Court upon a timely petition for writ of certiorari to the Industrial Relations Commission pursuant to Florida Constitution Art. V, Sec. 3(b)(3), F.S.A.

Petitioner sustained back injuries in an accident on December 18, 1969. Petitioner made a claim for temporary total or permanent total disability benefits. Respondent contended that claimant had reached his maximum medical improvement, without benefit of surgery, on May 20, 1970, and admitted the petitioner’s disability rating was 25% of the body as a whole and denied permanent total…