Case Name: Rubin ROTSTEIN, Appellant, v. PUBLIX SUPERMARKETS, INC., and Specialty Risk Services, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2006-07-24
Citations: 933 So. 2d 1256
Docket Number: No. 1D05-0415
Parties: Rubin ROTSTEIN, Appellant, v. PUBLIX SUPERMARKETS, INC., and Specialty Risk Services, Appellees.
Judges: PADOVANO and HAWKES, JJ., concur; ERVIN, J., dissents with opinion.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 933
Pages: 1256–1259

Head Matter:
Rubin ROTSTEIN, Appellant, v. PUBLIX SUPERMARKETS, INC., and Specialty Risk Services, Appellees.
No. 1D05-0415.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
July 24, 2006.
Kelly A. Cambron-Fretwell, Port St. Lucie, and Bill McCabe of Shepherd, McCabe & Cooley, Longwood, for Appellant.
Danni Lynn Germano, Kevin E. Leisure, and Thomas A. Hedler of Rigell, Ring & Ardman, P.A., North Fort Myers, for Ap-pellees.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Claimant appeals the Judge of Compensation Claims' (JCC) order, which held the Employer/Carrier (E/C) correctly adjusted Claimant's average weekly wage (AWW). The E/C adjusted Claimant's AWW by valuing the employer-provided group health insurance as of January 29, 1987, the date of accident, rather than June 29, 2004, the date Claimant's position as an employee terminated and provision of health insurance ceased.
It is well-established that a claimant's AWW is calculated as of the date of the accident, not the date a claimant's employment terminated as a result of the accident. See e.g., Flowers v. Acousti Eng'g Co. of Fla., 888 So.2d 785 (Fla. 1st DCA 2004); James v. Armstrong World Indus., Inc., 864 So.2d 1132 (Fla. 1st DCA 2003); Karnes v. City of Boca Raton, 858 So.2d 1264 (Fla. 1st DCA 2003). Because the JCC's ruling is consistent with the requirements of section 440.14(1), Florida Statutes (1987), the order is AFFIRMED.
PADOVANO and HAWKES, JJ., concur; ERVIN, J., dissents with opinion.