City of Tampa v. Miyares

SHIVERS, Judge.

In this workers’ compensation case the self insured employer, the City of Tampa, appeals an order of the deputy commissioner awarding temporary total disability (TTD) to claimant, Miyares. The city contends that the deputy commissioner erred in awarding TTD benefits after the date of maximum medical improvement (MMI). We agree and reverse.

Miyares was employed by the City of Tampa Police Department. He injured his lower back in two separate incidents in 1970 and 1973. In the first incident a chair in which he was sitting broke, and in the other incident he fell backwards out of…