MATRIX EMPLOYEE LEASING, INC. v. Pool

Petitioners timely sought certiorari review of an order of the Judge of Compensation Claims (JCC) denying their motion to disqualify the law firm representing Respondent, based on a finding that a JCC lacks jurisdiction to address such a motion. Because Petitioners seek a determination of whether a JCC has jurisdiction to rule on a motion to disqualify counsel, we treat the petition for writ of certiorari as a petition for writ of mandamus. See, e.g., Pino v. Dist. Court of Appeal, Third Dist., 604 So.2d 1232, 1233 (Fla.1992) (“Mandamus is an appropriate legal remedy where the petitioner has…