Case Name: SUWANNEE RIVER ECONOMIC COUNCIL, INC., and Aetna Casualty & Surety Company, Appellants, v. Alvinia Eugenia Dutton LOCKE, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1981-02-10
Citations: 393 So. 2d 628
Docket Number: No. VV-233
Parties: SUWANNEE RIVER ECONOMIC COUNCIL, INC., and Aetna Casualty & Surety Company, Appellants, v. Alvinia Eugenia Dutton LOCKE, Appellee.
Judges: McCORD and SMITH, JJ., and LILES, WOODIE A., (Retired) Associate Judge, concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 393
Pages: 628–629

Head Matter:
SUWANNEE RIVER ECONOMIC COUNCIL, INC., and Aetna Casualty & Surety Company, Appellants, v. Alvinia Eugenia Dutton LOCKE, Appellee.
No. VV-233.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Feb. 10, 1981.
R. Franklin Ritch of Ritch & Graves, Gainesville, for appellants.
Michael Bergen of Bergen & Roberts, Lake City, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellants, employer/carrier, appeal from a workers' compensation order award ing appellee, claimant, temporary total disability and medical benefits. We reverse.
There is evidence in the record to support a finding that on or about August 5, 1979, appellee injured herself in a work-related accident while employed as a laborer by appellant, Suwannee River Economic Council, Inc. The day after the accident, she was dismissed from employment for leaving the job site without permission. On August 10,1979, she was examined by a doctor, who diagnosed acute muscle strain but did not assess any temporary total disability. The doctor, in his report, noted that appellee was able to return to work on August 11, 1979. Appellee, herself, testified that she began looking for work "shortly after they dismissed me." No evidence in the record supports a finding that appellee is or was temporarily totally disabled nor does any evidence in the record establish the necessity for future medical care.
REVERSED.
McCORD and SMITH, JJ., and LILES, WOODIE A., (Retired) Associate Judge, concur.