Ferguson v. Dade County School Board

This cause is before us on appeal from a workers’ compensation order finding the statute of limitations has run and is a bar to the claim for benefits. We reverse and remand for a hearing to determine whether fraud occurred in this case.

Section 440.19(l)(a), Florida Statutes (1970), acts as a statute of limitations barring compensation unless a claim is filed within two years after the date of the last compensation payment.

Here, claimant admitted he neither filed a claim nor received compensation benefits during the two years prior to May 3, 1983, the last date he filed a claim.

Claimant…