CITY OF BOCA RATON AND CORPORATE GROUP SERVICE, APPELLANTS,

v.

NATHANIEL HOLMES, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Liggon, 668 So. 2d 259 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996)
  …pe Contractors v. Weiss, 558 So. 2d 102, 105-06 (Fla. 1st DCA 1990). Once the claimant presents a prima facie case, which the JCC accepts, the E/C must demonstrate that suitable work is [*265] available for the claimant. See Loprinzo v. Maid, Corp., 429 So. 2d 1363, 1366 n. 1 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983). So called “sheltered employment” does not qualify as suitable work, however, as “[sheltered employment is not gainful employment which would preclude an award of PTD benefits.” United States Fidelity & Guar. Ass’n v.…
• Carson v. Gaineswood Condos., 532 So. 2d 28 (Fla. 1st DCA 1988)
  …la.1965). However, a claimant must establish that his injury precludes him from doing even light work uninterruptedly. Alachua County Board of County Commissioners v. Griffis, 498 So. 2d 977, 979 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986). See also Loprinzo v. Mald Corp., 429 So. 2d 1363, 1365 n. 1 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983); Wright v. Gulf and Western Food Products, 401 So. 2d 1316 (Fla.1981). In addition, the claimant must demonstrate a causal relationship between his disability and the industrial injury. Where, as in the instant case, t…
• Lerman v. Broward Cnty. Bd. OF Cnty. Comm'rs & Risk Mgmt. Div., 555 So. 2d 419 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989)
  …to show that suitable work is available, and if the employer fails to meet that burden, the D/C should hold that the injured worker is PTD.” Wilhoit International v. Tidwell, 497 So. 2d 958, 961 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986). See also Loprinzo v. Mald Corp., 429 So. 2d 1363, 1365 n. 1 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983). Similarly, where the medical evidence shows the claimant has some capacity for light work, evidence of a lengthy, exhaustive job search, which proves completely unsuccessful, will support a finding of permanent total…

Authorities Cited

• Chicken'n'things & Ins. Co. of N. Am. v. Martha Murray & the Fla. Dep't of Commerce, 329 So. 2d 302 (Fla. 1976)
• Burns v. City OF Fort Lauderdale, 133 So. 2d 732 (Fla. 1961)
• Ross v. Mrs. Vera ROY, 234 So. 2d 99 (Fla. 1970)