Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2017-08-07 13:06:29.116945+00
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
                                        FIRST DISTRICT, STATE OF FLORIDA

DIONEL RODRIGUEZ,                       NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO
                                        FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND
      Petitioner,                       DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED

v.                                      CASE NO. 1D17-0210

IPC       INTERNATIONAL
CORPORATION and LIBERTY
MUTUAL,

      Respondents.

___________________________/

Opinion filed August 7, 2017.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari – Original Jurisdiction.

Date of Accident: January 22, 2012.

Martha D. Fornaris of Fornaris Law Firm, P.A., Coral Gables, for Petitioner.

Kip O. Lassner and Daniel M. Schwarz of Cole, Scott & Kissane, P.A., Plantation,
for Respondents.

PER CURIAM.

      DISMISSED.

LEWIS and WINSOR, JJ., CONCUR; WETHERELL, J. CONCURS WITH
OPINION.
WETHERELL, J., concurring.

      I agree that the petition seeking review of the order denying the claimant’s

motion to determine his competency must be dismissed because the claimant did

not establish the irreparable harm necessary for certiorari review. See F.T.M.I.

Operator, LLC v. Limith, 140 So. 3d 1065, 1067 (Fla. 1st DCA 2014). However, in

my view, even if the claimant had established the requisite irreparable harm, the

petition would have been denied because the record establishes that the judge of

compensation claims (JCC) applied the correct law and reasonably based her finding

that the claimant failed to prove that he was incompetent on the overwhelming

evidence that the claimant was malingering and feigning his mental condition. The

argument to the contrary in the petition is, in my view, nothing more than a thinly-

veiled request for this court to reweigh the evidence presented to the JCC. That,

however, is not the proper function of this court, particularly in an extraordinary writ

proceeding.

      With these additional observations, I concur in the disposition of this case.

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