Case Name: Robert W. CLINCH, Appellant, v. RINKER MATERIALS, INC., Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1998-07-01
Citations: 711 So. 2d 1386
Docket Number: No. 97-2715
Parties: Robert W. CLINCH, Appellant, v. RINKER MATERIALS, INC., Appellee.
Judges: BENTON, VAN NORTWICK and PADOVANO, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 711
Pages: 1386–1386

Head Matter:
Robert W. CLINCH, Appellant, v. RINKER MATERIALS, INC., Appellee.
No. 97-2715.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
July 1, 1998.
Robert W. Clinch, Appellant pro se.
Geraldo F. Znosko and Philip R. Augustine of Langston, Hess, Bolton, Znosko .& Helm, P.A., Maitland, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
In this worker's compensation appeal, Robert W. Clinch, appearing in proper person, appeals an order of the Judge of Compensation Claims which leaves undisturbed a previous order of June 21, 1996, which in turn found that claimant had failed to prove, as required by section 440.09, Florida Statutes (1994), that the work-related injury was the major contributing cause of his condition. Appellant did not appeal the June 21 order and, in the subsequent hearing, presented no new evidence on which the prior order could be reconsidered. Accordingly, we are bound by the findings made in the prior order of June 21, 1996, as was the Judge of Compensation Claims in the order under review, and must affirm the denial of benefits.
AFFIRMED.
BENTON, VAN NORTWICK and PADOVANO, JJ., concur.