Case Name: Fernando QUINTAS, Appellant, v. JET GRAPHICS, INC. and Florida Unemployment Appeals Commission, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2002-08-21
Citations: 824 So. 2d 985
Docket Number: No. 3D02-259
Parties: Fernando QUINTAS, Appellant, v. JET GRAPHICS, INC. and Florida Unemployment Appeals Commission, Appellee.
Judges: Before SHEVIN and RAMIREZ, JJ„ and NESBITT, Senior Judge.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 824
Pages: 985–986

Head Matter:
Fernando QUINTAS, Appellant, v. JET GRAPHICS, INC. and Florida Unemployment Appeals Commission, Appellee.
No. 3D02-259.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Aug. 21, 2002.
Fernando Quintas, in proper person.
John D. Maher, for appellee, Florida Unemployment Appeals Commission.
Before SHEVIN and RAMIREZ, JJ„ and NESBITT, Senior Judge.

Opinion:
SHEVIN, Judge.
We reverse the Unemployment Appeals Commission's order rejecting the appeals referee's determination. "As the ruling of the appeals referee was supported by competent substantial evidence, the Unemployment Appeals Commission was not free to reweigh the evidence." Patterson v. FPL Group, Inc., 770 So.2d 298, 298 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000). Moreover, the Commission did not indicate why the claimant's unre-butted testimony could not constitute competent substantial evidence. See City of Sarasota v. Pleasures II Adult Video, Inc., 799 So.2d 325 (Fla. 2d DCA 2001). On remand, the Commission shall reinstate the referee's determination.
Reversed and remanded.