Case Title: Florida Department Of Transportation v. Jimmy Hogan

Citation: 

Docket Number: SC95-925

State: florida

Court: Florida Supreme Court

Date: 2001-02-22T00:00:00Z

Document:
Supreme Court of Florida
 
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No. SC95925
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FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, et al.,
Petitioners,
vs.
JIMMY HOGAN,
Respondent.
[February 22, 2001]
QUINCE, J.
We have for review a decision on the following question of great public
importance certified by the First District Court of Appeal in Department of
Transportation v. Hogan, 24 Fla. L. Weekly D1507 (Fla. 1st DCA June 22, 1999):
WHERE AN EMPLOYER TAKES A WORKERS’
COMPENSATION 
OFFSET 
UNDER 
SECTION
440.20(15), 
FLORIDA 
STATUTES 
(1985), 
AND
INITIALLY INCLUDES SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFITS
PAID UNDER SECTION 440.15(1)(e)(1), FLORIDA
STATUTES (1985), IS THE EMPLOYER ENTITLED TO
RECALCULATE THE OFFSET BASED ON THE
-2-
YEARLY 
5% 
INCREASE 
IN 
SUPPLEMENTAL
BENEFITS?
We have jurisdiction.  See art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.  For the reasons expressed
in City of Clearwater v. Acker, 755 So. 2d 597 (Fla. 1999), we answer the certified
question in the negative and approve the First District’s decision in this case.
It is so ordered.
WELLS, C.J., and SHAW, HARDING, ANSTEAD, PARIENTE and LEWIS, JJ.,
concur.
NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION, AND
IF FILED, DETERMINED.
Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal - 
Certified Great Public Importance
First District - Case No. 1D98-3908
Nancy A Lauten of Fowler, White, Gillen, Boggs, Villareal & Banker, P.A., Tampa,
Florida,
for Petitioners
Randall O. Reder, Tampa, Florida, and Thomas Cassidy, Lakeland, Florida,
for Respondent