Court Opinion

ID: 9653668
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 17:51:28.131761+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:13:00.649016
License: Public Domain

Judge BARFIELD
concurs.
I concur in the result only because I believe it is mandated by our opinion in Fast Tract Framing, Inc. v. Caraballo, 994 So.2d 355 (Fla. 1st DCA 2008), a decision with which I do not agree because of its reporting requirement. Fast Tract appears to preclude an injured worker from receiving indemnity benefits if he earns wages that are not paid, and he fails to report the unpaid wages to the Internal Revenue Service even though he has no obligation to report income he does not receive. It should also be noted that there are minimum reporting requirements under the Internal Revenue Code which may further limit claimant’s reporting requirement. The record is silent as to his reporting obligation.