Case Name: GEM CABINET COMPANY and American Mutual Insurance Companies, Appellants, v. Dieudonne FREZIN and the Division of Workers' Compensation of the Department of Labor and Employment Security, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1981-02-27
Citations: 394 So. 2d 240
Docket Number: No. XX-21
Parties: GEM CABINET COMPANY and American Mutual Insurance Companies, Appellants, v. Dieudonne FREZIN and the Division of Workers' Compensation of the Department of Labor and Employment Security, Appellees.
Judges: SHAW and THOMPSON, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 394
Pages: 240–241

Head Matter:
GEM CABINET COMPANY and American Mutual Insurance Companies, Appellants, v. Dieudonne FREZIN and the Division of Workers' Compensation of the Department of Labor and Employment Security, Appellees.
No. XX-21.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Feb. 27, 1981.
Donald F. Harrington, Miami, for appellants.
Richard A. Sadow, of Sadow & Lynne, North Miami, for appellees.

Opinion:
SHIVERS, Judge.
Employer/carrier appeal a workers' compensation order awarding the claimant 20% permanent partial disability benefits but reserving jurisdiction to determine whether the claimant's loss of wage-earning capacity exceeds his 20% permanent physical impairment of the body as a whole. We reverse.
The deputy commissioner had no authority to reserve jurisdiction to determine whether claimant's loss of wage-earning capacity exceeded his 20% permanent physical impairment. Coe v. Kentucky Fried Chicken, 393 So.2d 1156 (Fla. 1st DCA 1981).
Therefore, the appealed order is reversed, but only to the extent that jurisdiction was retained to determine the issue of loss of wage-earning capacity. The deputy commissioner is instructed to determine, on the existing record, whether the claimant's loss of wage-earning capacity exceeds his 20% permanent physical impairment. All other portions of the order are affirmed.
Affirmed in part and reversed in part.
SHAW and THOMPSON, JJ., concur.