JOHN W. HAMILTON, APPELLANT,

v.

CITRUS COUNTY, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Moore v. Servicemaster Commercial Servs. & The Claims Ctr., 19 So. 3d 1147 (Fla. 1st DCA 2009)
  …ion found in section 440.15(3)(b)2., Florida Statutes (1990)). Voluntary limitation of income caused by the refusal to accept a suitable job does not permanently foreclose the right to indemnity benefits. See, e.g., Arnold v. Fla. Blood Ctrs., Inc., 949 So. 2d 242, 248 (Fla. 1st DCA 2007); Lamazares v. Rinker S.E. Materials Corp., 519 So. 2d 34 (Fla. 1st DCA 1987); Bado v. Canteen Corp., 513 So. 2d 1364 (Fla. 1st DCA 1987). At first blush, it would seem that, as a matter of law, Claimant’s refusal of the mod…
• Rocha v. City OF Tampa/Commercial Risk Mgmt., 100 So. 3d 138 (Fla. 1st DCA 2012)
  …h the accepted use of medical work restrictions to prove disability for other purposes under the Workers’ Compensation Law. Cf. Blake v. Merck & Co., 43 So. 3d 882 (Fla. 1st DCA 2010) (permanent total disability); Arnold v. Fla.'s Blood Ctrs., Inc., 949 So. 2d 242 (Fla. 1st DCA 2007) (temporary partial disability); Emro Mktg. v. Jones, 671 So. 2d 237 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996) (temporary total disability). Because a single definition of “disability” serves the entirety of Chapter 440, today’s holding must, and does,…
• Alie v. Crum Staffing, 41 So. 3d 1007 (Fla. 1st DCA 2010)
  …onnection between his initial wage reduction and the compensable injury, thereby entitling him to TPD benefits in some amount. See Wyeth/Pharma Field Sales v. Toscano, 40 So. 3d 795, 803-04 (Fla. 1st DCA 2010); Arnold v. Florida’s Blood Ctrs., Inc., 949 So. 2d 242, 247 (Fla. 1st DCA 2007) (“To be entitled to [TPD] benefits, ‘[a] claimant must show a causal connection between his or her injury and a subsequent wage loss.’ ”) (quoting Interim Servs. v. Levy, 843 So. 2d 915, 916 (Fla. 1st DCA 2003)). However, on…