Case Name: FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, et al., Petitioners, v. Tony JOHNS, Respondent
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2000-01-20
Citations: 755 So. 2d 603
Docket Number: No. SC94366
Parties: FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, et al., Petitioners, v. Tony JOHNS, Respondent.
Judges: HARDING, C.J., and SHAW, WELLS, ANSTEAD, PARIENTE, and LEWIS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 755
Pages: 603–603

Head Matter:
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, et al., Petitioners, v. Tony JOHNS, Respondent.
No. SC94366.
Supreme Court of Florida.
Jan. 20, 2000.
David A. McCranie of MeCranie & Lower, P.A., Jacksonville, Florida, for Petitioner.
Sylvan A. Wells, Daytona Beach, Florida, for Respondent.

Opinion:
QUINCE, J.
We have for review a decision on the following question of great public importance certified by the First District Court of Appeal in Department of Transportation v. Johns, 753 So.2d 108 (Fla. 1st DCA 1998):
WHERE AN EMPLOYER TAKES A WORKERS' COMPENSATION OFFSET UNDER SECTION 440.20(15), FLORIDA STATUTES (1985), AND INITIALLY INCLUDES SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFITS PAID UNDER SECTION 440.15(l)(e)(l), FLORIDA STATUTES (1985), IS THE EMPLOYER ENTITLED TO RECALCULATE THE OFFSET BASED ON THE YEARLY 5% INCREASE IN SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFITS?
We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const. For the reasons expressed in City of Clearwater v. Acker, 755 So.2d 597 (Fla.1999), we answer the certified question in the negative and approve the First District's decision in this case.
It is so ordered.
HARDING, C.J., and SHAW, WELLS, ANSTEAD, PARIENTE, and LEWIS, JJ., concur.