Supreme Court of Florida

In a workers' compensation case, reversal of vacatur of a prior settlement agreement by a Judge of Compensation Claims (JCC) is quashed where a 2001 statutory change did not strip JCCs of jurisdiction to set aside workers' compensation agreements. (Revised opinion)

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/25/2008
• Published 12/23/2008

Judges

• LEWIS, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Todd Sanders and Geoffrey Bichler of Bichler and Kelley, P.A., Winter Park, FL, for Petitioner., Mark L. Zientz and Andrea Cox of Mark L. Zientz, P.A., Miami, FL, on behalf of Florida Workers' Advocates;  and Richard A. Sicking, Coral Gables, Florida, on behalf of Florida Professional Firefighters, Inc., International Association of Firefighters, AFL-CIO, as Amici Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Barbara A. Eagan and Michael Broussard of Broussard, Cullen, DeGailler and Eagan, P.A., Orlando, FL, for Respondents.