Strawter v. Atlas Steel Fence, Inc. Claims Center

ERVIN, Judge.

Willie Strawter filed this petition for writ of certiorari seeking to quash an order in which the Judge of Compensation Claims (JCC) granted the employer/carrier’s (E/C’s) motion to provide rehabilitation and appointed a vocational rehabilitation provider. We grant the petition and quash the order. Because we believe the JCC erroneously granted the E/C’s motion, we do not decide whether an amended provision of Section 440.49(l)(a), Florida Statutes (1990),1 which took effect October 1, 1989,2 applies retroactively to Strawter’s accident of May 15, 1989.

After Strawter filed a…