Purolator Courier Corp. v. Hess

This is a workers’ compensation case. Claimant suffered a compensable industrial accident on July 25, 1979. On April 25, 1980, the deputy commissioner entered an order finding the claimant’s average, weekly wage to be $160.05, which entitled her to compensation at 60% or $96.03. On November 6, 1980, the deputy commissioner found claimant had reached maximum medical improvement on October 7, 1980.

The employer/carrier appeals a subsequent order, entered on April 22, 1981, in which the deputy commissioner, relying on Gunite Works, Inc. v. Lovett, 392 So.2d 910 (Fla. 1st DCA 1980), modified the…