Upthegrove v. Doctor's Hosp., Underwriters Adjusting Co., 90-3366

• Decision Date: 18 September 1991
• Docket Number: No. 90-3366,90-3366
• Parties: Alice UPTHEGROVE, Appellant, v. DOCTOR'S HOSPITAL, UNDERWRITERS ADJUSTING CO., and The Division of Workers' Compensation, Appellees. 586 So.2d 1230, 16 Fla. L. Week. D2482
• Court: Florida District Court of Appeals

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586 So.2d 1230

Alice UPTHEGROVE, Appellant, v. DOCTOR'S HOSPITAL, UNDERWRITERS ADJUSTING CO., and The Division of Workers' Compensation, Appellees.

No. 90-3366.

586 So.2d 1230, 16 Fla. L. Week. D2482

District Court of Appeal of Florida,

First District.

Sept. 18, 1991.

Rehearing Denied Oct. 31, 1991.

An Appeal from a workers' compensation order. Steven P. Cullen; Judge of Compensation Claims.

R. Cory Schnepper & Kathleen L. Spalding of Levine, Busch, Schnepper & Stein, P.A., Miami, for appellant.

Cynthia A. Rudy of McManus, Wiitala & Contole, P.A., North Palm Beach, for appellees.

PER CURIAM.

We affirm the Judge of Compensation Claims' award of benefits and finding that claimant reached maximum medical improvement from her physical injuries. This affirmance is without prejudice to the issue of overall MMI being revisited should the subsequent psychiatric evaluation ordered lead to a diagnosis of a work related psychiatric injury. See Copeland Steel v. Miles, 536 So.2d 1179 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989); Orlando Concrete Contractors v. Hinds, 466 So.2d 1272 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985). AFFIRMED.

SHIVERS and WOLF, JJ., and CAWTHON, Senior Judge, concur.