Oglesby v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.

OVERTON, Justice.

This is a petition for certiorari to review an order of the Industrial Relations Commission affirming a dismissal by a judge of industrial claims of a petition for modification. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla.Const. (1972).

The petitioner suffered an industrial accident in 1973, which resulted in a laminecto-my and the removal of a disc. In 1977 petitioner received a permanent partial disability award based in part upon the opinion of his physician that he had a fifteen percent bodily impairment. The testimony of the physician reflected that the petitioner had…