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Shaw v. Florida Steel Corp.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
Jun 11, 2003
846 So. 2d 1254 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2003)

Opinion

Case No. 1D02-533

Opinion filed June 11, 2003.

An appeal from an order of the Judge of Compensation Claims. Ivy C. Harris, Judge.

Marshall D. Davis of Marshall D. Davis, P.A., Jacksonville, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

Richard W. Withers of Sharp Gay, P.A., Jacksonville, for Appellees/Cross-Appellants.


In this workers' compensation case, claimant complains of the denial of permanent total disability benefits, the impairment rating awarded and the denial of penalties on indemnity benefits awarded; and the employer and carrier cross-appeal complaining of the refusal to permit an amendment to their witness and exhibit lists. We affirm without discussion as to all issues raised, save one. We reverse the denial of penalties on the indemnity benefits awarded because the employer and carrier neither paid the benefits within seven days of when they became due, as required by section 440.20(6), Florida Statutes (Supp. 1994), nor exercised the pay-and-investigate option provided by section 440.20(4); and because the employer and carrier failed to offer any evidence to suggest that they were unaware, as of the date on which claimant alleged the benefits were due, of facts supporting the obligation to pay those benefits. See,e.g., Eastern Indus., Inc. v. Burnham, 750 So.2d 748 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000); Bruno's, Inc./Food World v. Bruner, 805 So.2d 1090 (Fla. 1st DCA 2002).

AFFIRMED IN PART and REVERSED IN PART.

WEBSTER, PADOVANO and POLSTON, JJ., CONCUR.


Summaries of

Shaw v. Florida Steel Corp.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
Jun 11, 2003
846 So. 2d 1254 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2003)
Case details for

Shaw v. Florida Steel Corp.

Case Details

Full title:DONALD SHAW, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. FLORIDA STEEL CORP. and…

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District

Date published: Jun 11, 2003

Citations

846 So. 2d 1254 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2003)

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