Case Name: Jerry Lee VANVOORST, Appellant, v. RUBLE TRUCKING COMPANY, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1984-10-02
Citations: 456 So. 2d 1289
Docket Number: No. AX-64
Parties: Jerry Lee VANVOORST, Appellant, v. RUBLE TRUCKING COMPANY, Appellee.
Judges: SHIVERS and NIMMONS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 456
Pages: 1289–1290

Head Matter:
Jerry Lee VANVOORST, Appellant, v. RUBLE TRUCKING COMPANY, Appellee.
No. AX-64.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Oct. 2, 1984.
Edward H. Hurt, Jr., of Hurt & Parrish, Bill McCabe, of Shepherd, McCabe & Cooley, Orlando, for appellant.
F. Bradley Hassell, of Smalbein, Eubank, Johnson, Rosier & Bussey, Daytona Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
WENTWORTH, Judge.
Claimant seeks review of a workers' compensation order by which his claim for benefits was dismissed, the deputy finding that the employer "has not been shown to. have three or more employees" and thus is not required to provide coverage under the Workers' Compensation Law. We affirm the order appealed.
Claimant and two other individuals performed services as drivers for the employer. One of these drivers was a corporate officer and had elected to be exempt from coverage under the Workers' Compensation Law by filing a written certification as provided in § 440.02(2)(b) and 440.05, Flor-ida Statutes. Section 440.02(2)(d)4 establishes that, in the context of the Workers' Compensation Law, the term "employee" shall not include:
Any officer of a corporation who elects to be exempt from coverage under this chapter.
The Deputy therefore properly declined to consider the exempted officer in determining that the employer had not been shown to have the requisite number of employees necessary to invoke the mandatory provi sions of the Florida Workers' Compensation Law.
The order appealed is affirmed.
SHIVERS and NIMMONS, JJ., concur.