Perez v. Florida Export Tobacco Co.

SHIVERS, Chief Judge.

Claimant appeals a workers’ compensation order denying his claim for permanent total disability (PTD) benefits but awarding wage loss benefits from August 1, 1988 through October 30, 1988.

While working in the employer’s (Greyhound’s) maintenance department, claimant fell from a ladder suffering multiple fractures in his heel and a fractured collarbone. The parties stipulated that claimant reached maximum medical improvement June 27, 1988. The employer/carrier (E/C) paid temporary total disability benefits through August 1, 1988 and claimant sought PTD or partial…