Skinner v. Florida Power Corp.

BOOTH, Judge.

This cause is before us on appeal from a workers’ compensation order awarding claimant partial reimbursement for the costs of building a wheelchair-accessible home. Claimant, while working for the employer/self-insured (E/SI) at a construction site, sustained injuries rendering him a quadriplegic. Claimant constructed a new 2,300-square-foot, $310,000, wheelchair-accessible home. The judge of compensation claims (JCC) found the necessary and reasonable cost of making the home wheelchair accessible to be $28,950. However, the JCC reduced the $28,950 reimbursement award to…