Occidental Chemical Co. v. Howard

BARFIELD, Judge.

In this appeal from a workers’ compensation order awarding permanent total disability and catastrophic loss benefits, as well as payments to the claimant’s wife for attendant care services, we find that substantial competent evidence in the record supports the PTD and attendant care awards. However, we find that this claimant is not entitled to catastrophic loss benefits under section 440.15(2)(b), Florida Statutes (1979), because the statute specifically *467provides that this increased temporary total disability compensation may in no event extend beyond six months from the date…