Commercial Carrier Corp. v. Harris

This cause is before us on appeal of an order of the judge of compensation claims adjudicating claimant permanently totally disabled. For the following reasons, we reverse.

*1329Claimant is a 44-year-old former mental hospital orderly, job placement counselor, and truck driver. He was injured in 1985 when he fell out of a truck cab and sprained his ankle, and has a two-percent permanent impairment. Due to the ankle injury and preexisting arthritis, he can no longer operate a clutch and is precluded from returning to work as a truck driver.

Claimant has an unusual work history and life-style. A…