(1995). By ordering the parties to enter into a prehearing stipulation, the judge of compensation claims can require issues to be narrowed well before the merits hearing, notwithstanding the absence of a notice of denial. Appellants’ position is procedurally equivalent to that of an employer or carrier who timely denies a petition for all benefits requested, willing to take its chances at mediation and, that failing, litigation with all its attendant risks. Reversed and remanded. KAHN, J., concurs. ERVIN, J., concurs with opinion. * See also Commercial Carrier Corp. v. Madsen, 695 So.2d 770 (Fla. 1st DCA 1997)(reversing award of permanent total disability benefits where judge of compensation claims relied on Waffle House)] Crawford and Co. v. Barnes, 691 So.2d 1142 (Fla. 1st DCA 1997)(<HOLDING>); Spence v. Trader Publ'g Co., 688 So.2d 4
holding that a totally disabled claimant whose preexisting osteoarthritis was temporarily aggravated by her employment was entitled to temporary total disability benefits but not permanent total disability benefits because there was no causal connection between the temporary aggravation and the permanent disability holding that workers compensation statutes do not prohibit claimant from receiving permanent partial disability benefits from prior accident concurrently with temporary total disability benefits from subsequent injury holding that disability benefits are not retirementtype benefits holding error to award permanent total disability benefits on grounds that employercarrier failed to file notice of denial within fourteen days of claim for benefits holding that disability pension benefits could be offset against both temporary and total permanent disability compensation benefits