Case Name: W. JACKSON & SONS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY and Old Republic Insurance Company, Appellants, v. Howard DUDLEY, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1979-08-15
Citations: 374 So. 2d 1074
Docket Number: No. 78-2431
Parties: W. JACKSON & SONS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY and Old Republic Insurance Company, Appellants, v. Howard DUDLEY, Appellee.
Judges: ANSTEAD, MOORE and BERANEK, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 374
Pages: 1074–1075

Head Matter:
W. JACKSON & SONS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY and Old Republic Insurance Company, Appellants, v. Howard DUDLEY, Appellee.
No. 78-2431.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Aug. 15, 1979.
Rehearing Denied Sept. 25, 1979.
Guy M. Junger, of Wicker, Smith, Blomqvist, Davant, McMath, Tutan & O’Hara, Miami, for appellants.
James K. Parker, of Samuel M. Spatzer, P. A., Miami, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This is an appeal from an order of the trial court enforcing the payment of workmen's compensation benefits to the appel-lee. We find no error by the trial court except in assessing a 20% penalty against the appellant under Section 440.20(6), Florida Statutes (1977), for failure to pay a past due medical bill. The penalty provisions of Section 440.20(6) are only applicable to the money allowance payable to an employee as a consequence of his injury and are not applicable to past due medical expenses. Brantley v. ADH Building Contractors, Inc., 215 So.2d 297 (Fla.1968). Accordingly, the judgment of the trial court is affirmed in part and reversed in part and remanded with directions for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.
ANSTEAD, MOORE and BERANEK, JJ., concur.