Case Name: PINE ISLAND RIDGE COUNTRY CLUB and Southeastern Fire Insurance Company, Appellants, v. Lawrence BOURST, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1984-05-22
Citations: 453 So. 2d 1121
Docket Number: No. AW-126
Parties: PINE ISLAND RIDGE COUNTRY CLUB and Southeastern Fire Insurance Company, Appellants, v. Lawrence BOURST, Appellee.
Judges: MILLS and SHIVERS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 453
Pages: 1121–1121

Head Matter:
PINE ISLAND RIDGE COUNTRY CLUB and Southeastern Fire Insurance Company, Appellants, v. Lawrence BOURST, Appellee.
No. AW-126.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
May 22, 1984.
Albert P. Massey, III of Pyszka and Kes-sler, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellants.
Barry A. Pemsler of Richard & Pemsler, Miami, for appellee.

Opinion:
WIGGINTON, Judge.
The employer/carrier appeal the order of the deputy commissioner, challenging the awards of wage loss benefits and rehabilitation benefits in the form of claimant's participation in an "elee-tronics/computer" course. We affirm the wage loss award, as the record contains competent and substantial evidence to uphold the deputy's findings. Clay Hyder Trucking v. Persinger, 416 So.2d 900 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982); Vida Appliances, Inc. v. Gates, 416 So.2d 1186 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982). We also affirm the rehabilitation benefits award, as the deputy has wide latitude to award treatment or services when they are deemed necessary. Section 440.49(1)(a), Florida Statutes (1979); Hurricane Fence Industries v. Bozeman, 413 So.2d 822 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982). The record amply supports the deputy's decision in that regard.
AFFIRMED.
MILLS and SHIVERS, JJ., concur.