SUNNY PINES CONVALESCENT CENTER AND HEWITT COLEMAN & ASSOCIATES, INC., APPELLANTS,
v.
MARY WALTERS, APPELLEE

Fla. 1st DCA | 1982-12-06
No. AM-163
Shivers, J., Ervin, J., Larry G. Smith, J.
422 So. 2d 1079 Florida District Court of Appeal, First District (1982) Positive Treatment
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Synopsis

The court affirmed the award of temporary total disability benefits but remanded to exclude any periods during which the claimant was employed, as the record did not specify the duration or earnings of such employment.


Holding

Temporary total disability benefits are properly awarded for the period claimed, except for any time the claimant was actually employed, and the matter must be remanded to determine the precise periods of employment to be excluded.


Headnotes

[1] Temporary total disability benefits must be reduced or excluded for periods during which the claimant was gainfully employed, even if the claimant remains unable to retur…

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Facts & Procedural History

A maid claimant received temporary total disability benefits from May 31, 1980 to September 30, 1981, but the record showed she was employed for a sho…

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Opinion of the Court
SHIVERS, Judge.

SHIVERS, Judge.

The Employer/Carrier (E/C) appeal the award of temporary total disability (TTD) benefits from May 31, 1980, to September 30, 1981. We affirm in part and reverse in part

There is competent and substantial evidence in the record to support the finding by the Deputy Commissioner (DC) that claimant was temporarily and totally disabled during the period for which temporary total disability benefits were awarded. However, the record reveals that claimant was employed as a maid for a short time during the period for which TTD benefits were awarded. On this basis, we affirm the award of TTD benefits during the period between May 31, 1980 and September 30, 1981, except for the period during which claimant was employed. Since the record does not reveal precisely how long claimant was employed or how much she earned during the period between May 31, 1980 and September 30, 1981, we must remand the matter to the DC with instructions that he affirm the award of TTD benefits except for any periods that claimant was employed.

We also affirm the DC’s decision to retain jurisdiction for the purpose of determining a reasonable attorney’s fee. We do so because, with respect to that issue, the order is non-final and, as such, non-appeala-ble.

ERVIN and LARRY G. SMITH, JJ., concur.


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    …n to determine the amount of the award of attorney’s fees and costs to the Wife.” As jurisdiction was merely reserved for the award of attorney’s fees, appeal of that portion of the order is premature. See Sunny Pines Convalescent Center v. Walters, 422 So. 2d 1079 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982). AFFIRMED in part, REVERSED in part and REMANDED for consistent proceedings. JOANOS and BARFIELD, JJ., concur. . The language used in the judgment describing the marital home is as follows: The wife shall have as her sole and…
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