UNITED RENTALS, INC. and CAMBRIDGE INTEGRATED SERVICES GROUP, INC. v. MICHAEL PARRISH

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL FIRST DISTRICT, STATE OF FLORIDA UNITED RENTALS, INC. and CAMBRIDGE INTEGRATED SERVICES GROUP, INC., Appellants, NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED CASE NO. 1D04-2134 v. MICHAEL PARRISH, Appellee. _____________________________/ Opinion filed July 29, 2005. An appeal from an order of the Judge of Compensation Claims. Mark H. Hofstad, Judge. Ben H. Cristal and Kevin M. Hammer, of Sponsler, Bennett, Jacobs & Cristal, P.A., Tampa, for appellants. Laurie T. Miles, of Smith, Feddeler, Smith & Miles, P.A., Lakeland; Susan W. Fox, of Fox & Loquasto, P.A., Tampa; and Wendy S. Loquasto, of Fox & Loquasto, P.A., Tallahassee, for appellee. WOLF, J. Appellants, United Rentals, Inc. and Cambridge Integrated Services Group, Inc., the employer and carrier, challenge that portion of a workers compensation order awarding Michael Parrish, the claimant, temporary total disability benefits past the date of maximum medical improvement, August 20, 2002. We agree that granting such benefits after the date of maximum medical improvement constituted error. See § 440.15(2)(a), Fla. Stat.; Orange County Sch. Bd. v. Melman, 721 So. 2d 1183, 1184 (Fla. 1st DCA 1998). The award is reversed, and we remand to the Judge of Compensation Claims to revisit the issue of attorney s fees. ALLEN and BENTON, JJ., CONCUR. 2

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