Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) and Author of Florida Workers' Compensation Handbook

Arnold v. Florida 's Blood Ctrs., Inc., 949 So. 2d 242 ( Fla. 1st DCA Jan. 24, 2007), provides that an employee may collect temporary partial disability after she leaves her employment because her employer declines to continue her employment under restrictions that are dictated by her disability. John J. Dubreuil asserts that a claimant may be entitled to temporary partial disability benefits when her employment is terminated for economic reasons or even for insubordination, and he concludes that a claimant may meet her burden to prove that a compensable injury caused her continued unemployment by proof of medical restrictions and a subsequent unsuccessful job search. This commentary, written by John J. Dubreuil, the author of Dubreuil's Florida Workers' Compensation Handbook, examines the Arnold decision and further analyzes its impact on claimants and employers.

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