Case Name: Leonard BARBER, Appellant, v. The CITY OF DAYTONA BEACH/Self-Insured, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1993-03-02
Citations: 614 So. 2d 669
Docket Number: No. 92-738
Parties: Leonard BARBER, Appellant, v. The CITY OF DAYTONA BEACH/Self-Insured, Appellee.
Judges: ERVIN, SMITH and BARFIELD, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 614
Pages: 669–669

Head Matter:
Leonard BARBER, Appellant, v. The CITY OF DAYTONA BEACH/Self-Insured, Appellee.
No. 92-738.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
March 2, 1993.
Paul J. Morgan, of Simmermon, Morgan and Johnson, Orlando, and Bill McCabe, of Shepherd, McCabe & Cooley, Longwood, for appellant.
Gregory J. McDole, Asst. City Atty., Daytona Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We affirm the order of the judge of compensation claims. A judge of compensation claims has jurisdiction pursuant to section 440.21, Florida Statutes, to consider an award of additional compensation to offset illegal deductions of pension benefits when pension benefits have been reduced to the extent of workers' compensation payments. Barragan v. City of Miami, 545 So.2d 252 (Fla.1989). In Barragan and the line of cases which have followed, the judge of compensation claims was not faced with the issue of whether a claimant was entitled to a disability pension, but only with the issue of whether such benefits were improperly reduced by the amount of workers' compensation benefits. A judge of compensation claims does not have jurisdiction to make the initial determination of whether an employee is eligible for benefits pursuant to a plan for disability retirement. See § 440.02(6), 440.13, 440.15, and 440.25(1), Fla.Stat.
AFFIRMED.
ERVIN, SMITH and BARFIELD, JJ., concur.