Opinion

Alachua County Board of County Commissioners v. Hughes

  • 89 So. 3d 286
  • 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 8212
  • 2012 WL 2159222
Court
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Filed
May 23, 2012
Status
Published
On the bench
Padovano, Ray, Rowe
Cited by
0 cases
Authority
More cited than 18.0%

The opinion

PER CURIAM.

In this workers’ compensation appeal, the Employer/Carrier (E/C) argues the Judge of Compensation Claims (JCC) erred for three reasons. Because we agree that the JCC erred in finding that a valid, binding agreement was reached, we need not address the remaining issues.

The JCC correctly determined she had jurisdiction “to determine whether a valid, binding settlement agreement was reached and, if so, to establish its terms.” Bonagura v. Home Depot, 991 So.2d 902, 904 (Fla. 1st DCA 2008). So long as competent substantial evidence supports the JCC’s findings, this court will not disturb those findings. Id.

Here, competent substantial evidence cannot be identified in this very limited record to support the JCC’s determination “that the E/C would continue to pay the premiums for Claimant’s family BC/BS [Blue Cross/Blue Shield] health insurance until that time Claimant underwent heart surgery and completed cardiac rehab following surgery.” The only evidence in the record indicates the E/C agreed to deduct the cost of Claimant’s family health insurance coverage from the temporary partial disability benefits it was paying Claimant.

Accordingly, this matter is REVERSED and REMANDED for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

PADOVANO, ROWE, and RAY, JJ., concur.

This is a copy of a public record, reproduced as it was published. It is not legal advice, and it may not be the version a court would rely on. Check the official source before you cite it.

A word about cookies

We need a few to keep you signed in and the library working. The rest help us see which pages people use and where they get stuck. They stay off unless you say yes.