Case Name: EMPLOYERS' FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT SECURITY, DIVISION OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1994-01-25
Citations: 629 So. 2d 1118
Docket Number: No. 92-2682
Parties: EMPLOYERS’ FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT SECURITY, DIVISION OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION, Appellee.
Judges: MINER, WEBSTER and MICKLE, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 629
Pages: 1118–1118

Head Matter:
EMPLOYERS’ FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT SECURITY, DIVISION OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION, Appellee.
No. 92-2682.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Jan. 25, 1994.
Bruce P. Anderson of Bruce P. Anderson, P.A., Tallahassee, for appellant.
John W. Hedrick, Sr. Atty., Dept, of Labor and Employment Sec., Tallahassee, for ap-pellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant, the defendant below, challenges the validity of a default judgment that was entered against it. Although invalidity is asserted on several grounds, we need only address one of the points raised by appellant — i.e., whether the judgment was void because it was based upon a premature clerk's default. Because we agree that the clerk's default was premature and a nullity, we vacate the default judgment that was subsequently entered. See Overholser v. Overstreet, 383 So.2d 953 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980); Turner v. Allen, 389 So.2d 686 (Fla. 5th DCA 1980);
MINER, WEBSTER and MICKLE, JJ., concur.