Johnson v. Florida Senior Residence

The issue on appeal is whether the Judge of Compensation Claims (“JCC”) erred in determining that claimant’s employment was not principally localized in Florida, thus the claim was not covered by the Florida Workers’ Compensation law. Because we believe the JCC applied an incorrect analysis, we reverse and remand for clarification of the final order.

Stephen Levin and his wife Christine Johnson owned five hotels: four in Florida and one in North Carolina.1 They usually went to North Carolina to check on the His*105toric Woodfield Inn every month or six weeks. After spending one week in North…