Grocery Store Worker Gets 1% Impairment Rating for Depression

A Florida worker suffering from depression, which was controlled by medication, was entitled to a 1% permanent impairment rating. Case: Sheaffer v. Publix Super Markets Inc., No. 1D12-2589, 03/08/2013, published.Facts: Dawn Sheaffer injured herself during the course of her employment with Publix Super Markets in August 2008. In March 2010, she began seeing Norman Guthrie, a psychiatrist. Guthrie diagnosed Sheaffer with recurrent major depression as a result of her compensable 2008 injury.Guthrie placed Sheaffer at maximum medical improvement in February 2011 with a 0% permanent impai...