Payment of Supplemental PTD Benefits Tolls Statute of Limitations

Florida’s 1st District Court of Appeal ruled that a worker’s claim for medical and disability benefits was timely asserted more than 42 years after his injury because his receipt of supplemental benefits stopped the statute of limitations from expiring. Case: Phillips v. Tyson Foods, No. 1D18-3326, 11/20/2019, published. Facts: Samuel Phillips suffered injuries in 1976 while working for a predecessor of Tyson Foods. His employer accepted his injuries as permanently and totally disabling in 1986. In 1987, the Division of Workers’ Compensation began paying Phillips supplemen...