F.T. Blount Funeral Home v. City of Tampa

LAWRENCE, Judge.

Appellants F.T. Blount Funeral Home and Cigna (together “Blount”), and cross-appellants City of Tampa and Alexsis (together “City”), appeal an order by the Judge of Compensation Claims (JCC), finding Blount and the City of Tampa liable as “dual employers” of the claimant, Kenneth Godbey. Blount raises three issues on appeal, only one of which has merit. As we conclude that Godbey was solely an employee as to the City at the time he was injured, we affirm in part and reverse in part.

*1273On August 20, 1988, Godbey, a 16-year veteran of the City of Tampa Police Department, was…