City of Hialeah v. Willey

CHARLES CARROLL, Judge.

The appellee Carroll J. Willey was injured in February of 1962, in the course of his employment by the appellant City of Hialeah, while serving in a position classified as Fireman First Class in the city’s civil service system. As a result he was found to be permanently disabled for performance of duty as a fireman first class. A dispute as to whether he was entitled to retirement benefits or could be required to work in a lesser reassigned capacity reached this court. See City of Hialeah v. Wil-ley, Fla.App. 1966, 189 So.2d 194. Therein this court said: “When an…