Kilyn Construction, Inc./ FRSA SIF v. Dedrick Pierce

In this workers’ compensation appeal, Kilyn Construction, Inc., and its insurer (collectively, the “Employer”) challenge the Judge of Compensation Claims’ (JCC’s) award of specific handicap-accessible housing and automobile insurance. We agree with the Employer that the aw;ard was not justified, and we reverse.

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After falling from a roof in 2012, Claimant Dedrick Pierce was left confined to a wheelchair, paralyzed below the waist. Earlier litigation — not at issue here — established that the Employer is responsible for providing Pierce handicap-accessible housing and a handicap-accessible van.…