The Florida 1st District Court of Appeal ruled that a worker's psychiatric limitations from a mental health condition that is causally related to a physical industrial injury can be considered in conjunction with the worker's physical limitations in deciding whether she is permanently and totally disabled.Case: Sarasota County School Board v. Roberson, No. 1D13-4087, 04/16/2014, published. Facts: Kathryn Roberson worked as a teacher's aide for the Sarasota County School District.She injured her right wrist in October 2009, when she attempted to assist co-workers in restraining...
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