Case Name: Steven GREENWELL, Appellant, v. BELLSOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1998-10-07
Citations: 732 So. 2d 333
Docket Number: No. 97-3431
Parties: Steven GREENWELL, Appellant, v. BELLSOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Appellee.
Judges: ERVIN, BOOTH and VAN NORTWICK, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 732
Pages: 333–333

Head Matter:
Steven GREENWELL, Appellant, v. BELLSOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Appellee.
No. 97-3431.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Oct. 7, 1998.
Rehearing Denied Nov. 5, 1998.
Randolph J.F. Potter, Plantation, and Bill McCabe of Shepherd, McCabe & Cooley, Longwood, for Appellant.
Robert L. Teitler of Walton, Lantaff, Schroeder & Carson, Miami, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This cause is before us on appeal from-an order of the Judge of Compensation Claims (hereinafter JCC) denying Claimant permanent and temporary workers' compensation benefits. Claimant raises several issues on appeal, the first of which is whether the JCC erred in entering a stale order. We reverse and remand for a new hearing because Claimant's credibility was critical to the outcome of the case, and there was an excessive delay between Claimant's live testimony and the entry of the final order. See Palmieri v. NAACO, 677 So.2d 1310 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996). We therefore do not reach the remaining issues raised by Claimant.
REVERSED and REMANDED for a new hearing.
ERVIN, BOOTH and VAN NORTWICK, JJ., concur.