ESI v. Taylor

The appellants have filed an appeal of a workers’ compensation order which resolves an employment issue so as to remove another employer/carrier from the case. The order awards various benefits but reserves jurisdiction as to a claim for attendant care, describing the issue as “unripe” because of a need for additional testimony.

This is an improper appeal of an interlocutory order which reserves jurisdiction as to the claim for attendant care. See Industrial Steel v. Robinson, 444 So.2d 1117 (Fla. 1st DCA 1984). The claim was not “unripe” merely because the judge desired further evidence, and…