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STEWART v. BEE-DEE NEON & SIGNS, INC.

No. 1D99-801.

751 So.2d 196 (2000)

Charles L. STEWART, Petitioner, v. BEE-DEE NEON & SIGNS, INC., et al., Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

March 6, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark N. Tipton of Daniel L. Hightower, P.A., Ocala, for Petitioner.

Randy Fischer of Boehm, Brown, Seacrest, Fischer & LeFever, P.A., Ocala, for Respondents.

BARFIELD, C.J.

The petitioner, a workers' compensation claimant, seeks certiorari review of an order disqualifying the law firm representing him because it hired a nonlawyer employee of the law firm representing the employer and carrier (E/C). We grant the petition and quash the order.

The pertinent facts, as found by the judge of compensation claims (JCC), are essentially not in dispute. While still at the former firm, the employee (a paralegal/legal assistant...

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