1st DCA Upholds Constitutionality of Statutory Cap on Benefits for Mental Injuries

The 1st District Court of Appeal this week upheld the constitutionality of a statutory cap on temporary benefits for psychiatric injuries. Florida law does not allow for the payment of benefits for a mental injury unless a worker has also suffered a physical injury. Florida Statutes Section 440.093(3) allows an employer to cut off temporary benefits for psychiatric injuries six months after the worker reaches maximum medical improvement for his physical injuries. The case was Kneer v. Lincare, No. 1D18-1988. William Kneer suffered a back injury in 2014 while working for Lincare and rea...