Case Name: FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS and Division of Risk Management, Appellants, v. Mack MULVANEY, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2000-03-06
Citations: 752 So. 2d 120
Docket Number: No. 1D99-43
Parties: FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS and Division of Risk Management, Appellants, v. Mack MULVANEY, Appellee.
Judges: KAHN and WEBSTER, concur, and PADOVANO, concurring in part and dissenting in part with opinion.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 752
Pages: 120–121

Head Matter:
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS and Division of Risk Management, Appellants, v. Mack MULVANEY, Appellee.
No. 1D99-43.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
March 6, 2000.
David A. McCranie of McCranie & Lower, P.A., Jacksonville, for Appellants.
Jay M. Fisher, Maitland, and Bill McCabe, Longwood, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
In this workers' compensation case, the employer/carrier (E/C) appeal an order of the judge of compensation claims (JCC) concerning the calculation of offsets to which the E/C are entitled. Based on recent decisions of this court and the Florida Supreme Court, we approve the JCC's order. See, e.g., City of Clearwater v. Acker, 755 So.2d 597 (Fla.1999); State v. Herny, 24 Fla. L. Weekly D2467, — So.2d -, 1999 WL 979474 (Fla. 1st DCA Oct.29, 1999); Alderman v. Florida Plastering, 748 So.2d 1038 (Fla. 1st DCA 1998), review granted, 732 So.2d 326 (Fla.1999). As in Hemy, we certify to the supreme court the following question of great public importance:
WHEN CALCULATING THE OFFSET FOR DISABILITY RETIREMENT BENEFITS PURSUANT TO ESCAMBIA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT V. GRICE, 692 So.2d 896 (Fla.1997), IS THE EMPLOYER ENTITLED TO INCLUDE COST-OF-LIVING INCREASES TO THOSE BENEFITS?
AFFIRMED.
KAHN and WEBSTER, concur, and PADOVANO, concurring in part and dissenting in part with opinion.