Black v. Tomoka State Park
Black v. Tomoka State Park
Opinion of the Court
In this workers’ compensation case, Claimant appeals an order of the Judge of Compensation Claims (JCC) denying, as barred by the statute of limitations, all claims asserted in his petition for benefits (PFB) filed in February 2011. Claimant raises two arguments in the alternative to each other. Because we conclude reversal is warranted on one of those arguments, we decline to address the other.
Longley v. Miami-Dade County School Board, 82 So.3d 1098 (Fla. 1st DCA 2012), is dispositive. The facts of Longley are analogous to the facts here. In both cases, the claimants had filed a prior PFB, compliant with section 440.192, Florida Statutes, asserting both a claim for medical benefits and claims for attorney’s fees and costs. In both cases, the claims for medical benefits in those prior PFBs were resolved — by agreement in Longley (memorialized by letter cancelling mediation), and here by Claimant’s voluntary dismissal of the PFB. In both cases, the claims for fees and costs were expressly reserved upon (not dismissed) — in Longley, by the letter’s statement that “there are no other
REVERSED and REMANDED for further proceedings.
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