Case Name: Rochelle D. HAMM, Appellant, v. GMRI, INC., and Unemployment Appeals Commission, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2000-12-15
Citations: 772 So. 2d 633
Docket Number: No. 1D00-1208
Parties: Rochelle D. HAMM, Appellant, v. GMRI, INC., and Unemployment Appeals Commission, Appellees.
Judges: ALLEN and BENTON, JJ., CONCUR.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 772
Pages: 633–633

Head Matter:
Rochelle D. HAMM, Appellant, v. GMRI, INC., and Unemployment Appeals Commission, Appellees.
No. 1D00-1208.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Dec. 15, 2000.
Mitchell S. Ritchie; Liza V. Zidovec, Jacksonville, for Appellant.
John D. Maher, Tallahassee, for Appel-lees.

Opinion:
BROWNING, J.
REVERSED. See Ford v. Southeast Atlantic Corp., 588 So.2d 1039 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991) (the Appeals Referee is the fact finder in unemployment compensation proceedings, and where the Appeals Referee's decision is supported by competent substantial evidence, it must be upheld); see also Holloman v. City of Quincy, 664 So.2d 310 (Fla. 1st DCA 1995) (neither this court nor the Unemployment Appeals Commission may reweigh the evidence or substitute its findings for those of the Appeals Referee).
ALLEN and BENTON, JJ., CONCUR.