Keplar v. HARTline

The claimant, Louis J. Keplar, began working for the employer, Hillsborough Area Rapid Transit Lines (HARTline), as a bus driver in 1984 and has continued this employment through the present. His prior employment history, spanning 22 years, includes commercial bus driving and truck driving. Since 1985, as part of his employment with HARTline, Keplar has driven a type of bus known as the Series 400 bus. The Series 400 bus has an independent suspension that gives it a rougher ride than the flexible bus. Kep-lar described the bouncing on the bus as similar to a “mild jackhammer.” During 1990 and…