Case Name: Michael BRETT, Appellant, v. PUBLIX SUPERMARKETS, INC. and Specialty Risk Services, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1996-02-21
Citations: 668 So. 2d 664
Docket Number: No. 94-4071
Parties: Michael BRETT, Appellant, v. PUBLIX SUPERMARKETS, INC. and Specialty Risk Services, Appellees.
Judges: DAVIS, J., and SMITH, Senior Judge, concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 668
Pages: 664–665

Head Matter:
Michael BRETT, Appellant, v. PUBLIX SUPERMARKETS, INC. and Specialty Risk Services, Appellees.
No. 94-4071.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Feb. 21, 1996.
Patrick J. Deese of Patrick J. Deese, P.A., Melbourne and Bill McCabe of Shepherd, McCabe & Cooley, Longwood, for Appellant.
Paul L. Westcott of Rissman, Weisberg, Barrett, Hurt, Donahue & McLain, P.A., Vero Beach, for Appellees.

Opinion:
ALLEN, Judge.
In this workers' compensation case the judge applied section 440.15(3)(b)4.d(II), Florida Statutes (1991), as limiting the claimant's wage loss eligibility to a consecutive period of 52 weeks commencing upon the attainment of maximum medical improvement. Winn Dixie v. Resnikoff, 659 So.2d 1297 (Fla. 1st DCA 1995), establishes that section 440.15(3)(b)4.d does not create an uninterrupted period of eligibility commencing immediately upon the attainment of maximum medical improvement, but rather is merely a cumulative limitation on the total number of weeks for which a claimant may be entitled to wage loss benefits. We therefore reverse the appealed order as to the denial of wage loss benefits beyond the expiration of 52 calendar weeks after maximum medical improvement. The order is otherwise affirmed, and the ease is remanded.
DAVIS, J., and SMITH, Senior Judge, concur.