Nunez v. Holiday Inn

Claimant appeals a workers’ compensation order which we affirm except as to the amount of the § 440.15(5)(c), Fla. Stat. (1974), deduction. In applying this *473provision, the order deducts the full amount of a settlement agreement relating to a prior injury. However, the settlement agreement expressly provides compensation for both permanent and temporary disability, as well as medical benefits, while § 440.15(5)(c) authorizes a deduction only as to compensation received for a previous permanent disability. Amounts received for temporary disability and medical benefits pursuant to the settlement…