Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2004

Echelbarger v. Carpenter Co.

Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided December 30, 2004 · Booth, Nortwick, Padovano

892 So. 2d 531; 2004 Fla. App. LEXIS 20238; 2004 WL 3015224 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

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Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

In this workers’ compensation appeal, Claimant argues that the judge of compensation claims (JCC) erred in finding his compensable industrial accident caused only a temporary exacerbation of a previous soft tissue back injury. We agree because, according to the JCC’s findings, the accident resulted in a permanent impairment and disability, neither of which existed before the accident. See generally Smith v. Sch. Bd. of Polk County, 647 So.2d 1057, 1058-59 (Fla. 1st DCA 1994); Luttrell v. Roger Holler Chevrolet, 625 So.2d 921, 924-25 (Fla. 1st DCA 1993).

REVERSED.

BOOTH, VAN NORTWICK and PADOVANO, JJ., concur.

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