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502 So. 2d 503

502 So.2d 503

12 Fla.L.Weekly 534

Consoweld Distributors v. Slaughter

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided February 13, 1987

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 1987-02-13

Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently May 1992

3 state decisions

Relies on 443 So. 2d 1007 - Trindade v. Abbey Road Beef'N Booze

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Decided 1987-02-13

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PER CURIAM.

¶1While there was error in the order of the deputy commissioner regarding medical testimony establishing permanent impairment, “based on AMA [American Medical Association] guidelines,” we deem the error to be harmless. There was competent medical testimony establishing that the claimant suffered a permanent impairment and that the guidelines did not apply to the condition suffered by the claimant. We note that when permanent impairment cannot reasonably be determined under the guidelines, it “may be established under other generally accepted medical criteria for determining impairment.” Trindade v. Abbey Road Beef ‘N Booze, 443 So.2d 1007, 1012 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983).

¶2AFFIRMED.

ERVIN, SHIVERS and ZEHMER, JJ., concur.
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