GOMEZ LAWN SERVICE, INC. v. THE HARTFORD

No. 1D12-0302.

98 So.3d 212 (2012)

GOMEZ LAWN SERVICE, INC. and Eugenio Gomez, Appellants, v. THE HARTFORD, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

September 28, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bram J. Gechtman of the Law Offices of Bram J. Gechtman, P.A., Miami, for Appellant.

Eugenio Gomez ; Mark L. Zientz of the Law Offices of Mark L. Zientz, P.A., Miami, for Appellant Gomez Lawn Service, Inc.

William H. Rogner of Hurley, Rogner, Miller, Cox, Waranch & Westcott, P.A., Winter Park, for Appellee.


LEWIS, J.

In this workers' compensation appeal, Appellants challenge an order of the Judge of Compensation Claims (JCC) that bars Eugenio Gomez's (Claimant's) petition for benefits, based on the JCC's interpretation of section 440.185, Florida Statutes (2010). Because the JCC erred in continuing his analysis after finding that Claimant gave notice of his accident to his Employer within thirty days of the accident, we reverse.

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