Case Name: Celina BERNAL and Nelson Bernal, on their own behalf and on behalf of their deceased minor son, Nelson Bernal, Appellants, v. STATE of Florida DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1994-02-01
Citations: 632 So. 2d 94
Docket Number: No. 92-4066
Parties: Celina BERNAL and Nelson Bernal, on their own behalf and on behalf of their deceased minor son, Nelson Bernal, Appellants, v. STATE of Florida DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Appellee.
Judges: ZEHMER, C.J., and MINER and WOLF, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 632
Pages: 94–94

Head Matter:
Celina BERNAL and Nelson Bernal, on their own behalf and on behalf of their deceased minor son, Nelson Bernal, Appellants, v. STATE of Florida DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Appellee.
No. 92-4066.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Feb. 1, 1994.
Rehearing Denied March 8, 1994.
Anne L. Swerlick of Florida Legal Services, Inc., Tallahassee, and Thomas E. Zamora-no of Legal Services of Greater Miami, Inc., Miami, for appellants.
Morton Laitner and Bonnie G. Katz, Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Miami, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The Bernals bring this appeal from the final order of the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Office of Public Assistance Appeal Hearings, affirming the department's decision to deny the Bernals Medicaid reimbursement. Under the unique facts of this case and based on the scant record before us, we hold that the department did not establish the availability of third-party benefits and, thus, the existence of third-party liability. Consequently, we reverse the final order and remand the cause with directions that an order be entered granting the Bernals reimbursement of the medical expenses incurred by them in the treatment of their late son's cancer.
REVERSED.
ZEHMER, C.J., and MINER and WOLF, JJ., concur.