Case Name: NORTH ALABAMA TRANSPORTATION, Appellant, v. Allen STEELE, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1995-12-08
Citations: 664 So. 2d 318
Docket Number: No. 95-3121
Parties: NORTH ALABAMA TRANSPORTATION, Appellant, v. Allen STEELE, Appellee.
Judges: ALLEN and DAVIS, JJ., and SMITH, Senior Judge, concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 664
Pages: 318–319

Head Matter:
NORTH ALABAMA TRANSPORTATION, Appellant, v. Allen STEELE, Appellee.
No. 95-3121.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Dec. 8, 1995.
Frank J. Taddeo and Robert L. Teitler of Walton, Lantaff, Schroeder & Carson, Miami, for Appellant.
Teddy L. Montoto of Sutton and Montoto, South Miami, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
North Alabama Transportation appeals a workers' compensation order establishing subject matter jurisdiction on a claim for benefits based on an injury which occurred in Florida. Although this was a nonfinal order and the appeal was not filed in accordance with the dictates of Hines Electric v. McClure, 616 So.2d 132 (Fla. 1st DCA 1993), the procedures specified therein have been superseded by the recent amendments to Florida Rule of Workers' Compensation Procedure 4.160, as approved and adopted in In Re: Amendments to the Florida Rules of Workers' Compensation Procedure, 664 So.2d 945 (Fla.1995). Applying these amendments to pending cases in this court, we conclude that the present case is now a prop er appeal. However, on the merits this case is controlled by Philyaw v. Arthur H. Fulton, Inc., 569 So.2d 787 (Fla. 1st DCA 1990). See also Pacific Employers Ins. Co. v. Industrial Accident Comm'n, 306 U.S. 493, 59 S.Ct. 629, 83 L.Ed. 940 (1939). The appealed order is therefore affirmed.
ALLEN and DAVIS, JJ., and SMITH, Senior Judge, concur.