Case Name: Robert HENNA, Appellant, v. SEC, INC., and Aetna Commercial Insurance Company, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1986-05-13
Citations: 488 So. 2d 872
Docket Number: No. BI-187
Parties: Robert HENNA, Appellant, v. SEC, INC., and Aetna Commercial Insurance Company, Appellees.
Judges: NIMMONS and ZEHMER, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 488
Pages: 872–873

Head Matter:
Robert HENNA, Appellant, v. SEC, INC., and Aetna Commercial Insurance Company, Appellees.
No. BI-187.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
May 13, 1986.
Vicki L. Stolberg, of Barrs, Williamson and Levens, Tampa, for appellant.
Susan W. Fox and Richard R. Crooke, of Macfarlane, Ferguson, Allison & Kelly, Tampa, for appellees.

Opinion:
BARFIELD, Judge.
In this case the claimant was injured in a work-related accident on February 15, 1980 and has now been determined to be permanently totally disabled. Permanent total disability is not contested, but claimant contends the deputy erred in apportioning out of the disability benefits 95% of the award based on a preexisting impairment. We agree. Apportionment in this case is governed by chapter 440, Florida Statutes {1979), and the holding in Evans v. Florida Industrial Commission, 196 So.2d 748 (Fla.1967).
This case is REVERSED and REMANDED to the deputy commissioner for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.
NIMMONS and ZEHMER, JJ., concur.