Dixie Transport, Inc. v. Kellom

I respectfully dissent and would hold that the deputy erred in declining to apply the statute of limitations as a bar to the claim for transportation expenses. Although the case of Westinghouse Electric Corporation v. Dale, 439 So.2d 989 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983), can be technically distinguished on the grounds that in Dale the medical bills were not actually submitted and the claim for the 1976 medical costs (awarded in 1978) was made orally at the 1983 hearing, that decision should control here. In both this case and in Dale, the order directed the employer/carrier to pay unpaid medical bills…