Canovas v. Sugar Supply, Inc.

Claimant receives permanent and total disability benefits from the Employer/Carrier (E/C) for a work-related injury sustained in 1999. Claimant filed a petition for a writ of certiorari to quash an order of the Judge of Compensation Claims (JCC) compelling Claimant to execute forms authorizing the Social Security Administration (SSA) to release Claimant’s records to the E/C. Since the order was entered over Claimant’s argument that the JCC lacked jurisdiction over the dispute, the order “adjudicates jurisdiction.” Accordingly, we treat this review as an appeal pursuant to Florida Rule of…