Case Title: Florida Hrs District II v. Ann L. Pickard

Citation: 

Docket Number: SC96-801

State: florida

Court: Florida Supreme Court

Date: 2001-02-15T00:00:00Z

Document:
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The First District specifically certified for review “the same question certified in Acker.”
HRS District II v. Pickard, 24 Fla. L. Weekly D1749, 1750 (Fla.1st DCA July 19, 1999).
Supreme Court of Florida
 
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No. SC96801
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FLORIDA HRS DISTRICT II, et al.,
Petitioners,
vs.
ANN L. PICKARD,
Respondent.
[February 15, 2001]
QUINCE, J.
We have for review a decision on the following question certified to be of
great public importance:1
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
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State of Florida, Division of Retirement (“FRS”) appeared as amicus curiae before the First
District Court of Appeal and in its brief asserted that “the use of benefits paid under the FRS to offset
workers’ compensation benefits abridges and reduces the right of FRS members to receive the full benefit
of payments made to them.”  We do not address this issue because it was not raised by either party before
this Court and FRS did not file an amicus brief before this Court.  
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YEARLY 
5% 
INCREASE 
IN 
SUPPLEMENTAL
BENEFITS?
HRS District II v. Pickard, 24 Fla. L. Weekly D1749 (Fla.1st DCA July 19, 1999). 
We have jurisdiction.  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.2  
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. 1D98-1097 
David A. McCranie of McCranie & Lower, P.A., Jacksonville, Florida, 
for Petitioners
R. Jeremy Solomon of Solomon & Proctor, Tallahassee, Florida,
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for Respondent