Feacher v. Total Employee Leasing/Guarantee Insurance Co.

In this workers’ compensation case, Claimant appeals an order of the Judge of Compensation Claims (JCC) denying temporary total disability (TTD) benefits, denying temporary partial disability (TPD) benefits from the date of accident until her visit with an independent medical examiner (IME), and awarding TPD benefits from the IME visit through the date of the final hearing. For the reasons below, we reverse and remand.

The sole medical evidence of work restrictions is from Claimant’s IME, who testified Claimant “should remain tempo-rar[il]y totally disabled and off work,” based on the closed…