Irwin Yacht & Marine Corp. v. Piernik

KAHN, Judge.

The Employer/Carrier (E/C) appeal from a workers’ compensation order limiting the amount of workers’ compensation benefits subject to social security offset pursuant to section 440.15(9)(a), Florida Statutes (1987). E/C contend that the judge of compensation claims (JCC) erred in limiting the offset available to the amount of offset the Social Security Administration previously took between January 1990 and April 1991 as a result of claimant’s workers’ compensation benefits. We reverse because the JCC did not properly apply the offset statute.

Claimant was injured in the course and…