Grice v. Escambia County Sheriff's Department

SMITH, Senior Judge.

The claimant, Thomas Grice, appeals a workers’ compensation order in which the *1209judge of compensation claims (JCC) ruled that the employer, Escambia County Sheriffs Department, appellee, was entitled to offset the claimant’s workers’ compensation benefits by the amount the claimant’s combined social security, workers’ compensation and state disability retirement benefits exceeded the claimant’s average weekly wage. We reverse.

The claimant, a disabled deputy sheriff, was injured on January 28, 1985 while employed by the Escambia County Sheriffs Department, a self-insured and…