Florida Sheriffs Workers' Compensation Self-Insurance Fund v. Department of Financial Services

Appellant, the Florida Sheriffs Workers’ Compensation Self-Insurance Fund, appeals a Final Order of the Department of Financial Services (“Department”), wherein the Department denied Appellant’s applications for refund of the $6,638,301.35 that it had paid to the Special Disability Trust Fund (“SDTF”) between 2002, the year Appellant was formed, and 2008. Appellant raises an as-applied constitutional challenge to the SDTF assessment based upon its contention that it is ineligible for reimbursement from the fund given that reimbursement claims are limited to accidents occurring prior to…