Kennedy v. Marcona Ocean Industries

SHIVERS, Judge.

The claimant in this workers’ compensation case appeals the deputy commissioner’s order denying his claim for permanent and total disability benefits and the assessment of penalties on these benefits. We affirm.

Claimant, a right-handed individual, sixty (60) years of age, injured his left arm and shoulder in a compensable accident on January 8, 1979. After two initial surgeries on his shoulder, claimant returned to work in the Bahamas for the employer herein from April of 1979 until February of 1981. The claimant was then transferred to his employer’s office in Fort Lauderdale…