Case Name: Vera LANE, Appellant, v. SIMS PORTEX/SMITHS GROUP and Broadspire, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2007-01-19
Citations: 946 So. 2d 637
Docket Number: No. 1D06-5652
Parties: Vera LANE, Appellant, v. SIMS PORTEX/SMITHS GROUP and Broadspire, Appellees.
Judges: VAN NORTWICK, PADOVANO, and POLSTON, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 946
Pages: 637–638

Head Matter:
Vera LANE, Appellant, v. SIMS PORTEX/SMITHS GROUP and Broadspire, Appellees.
No. 1D06-5652.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Jan. 19, 2007.
Merette L. Oweis of Smith, Feddeler, Smith & Miles, P.A., Lakeland, for Appellant.
Robert J. Strunin of Walton Lantaff Schroeder & Carson, LLP, Miami, for Ap-pellees.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Vera Lane appeals an adverse order in a workers' compensation matter. Because the notice of appeal appeared to have been filed in excess of 30 days after the date of mailing of the order at issue, we directed appellant to show cause why the appeal should not be dismissed as untimely. Counsel for appellant responds, explaining that although she timely prepared a notice of appeal, a clerical error on the part of her staff resulted in the notice not being delivered to a courier service for overnight delivery until after the time for initiating an appeal had already expired. We are not at liberty, however, to overlook the jurisdictional defect arising from the untimely filing in this case. Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.
APPEAL DISMISSED.
VAN NORTWICK, PADOVANO, and POLSTON, JJ., concur.