Allen v. Department of Financial Services

Appellants, Judith Allen d/b/a Underwater Maintenance Services, and Earl Year-icks, appeal from a Final Order entered by appellee, Florida Department of Financial Services, Division of Workers’ Compensation (the “Department”). We reverse.

*855In 2003, the Department issued an Amended Stop Work Order and Penalty-Assessment Order against appellants. It ordered appellants to stop work until they complied with workers’ compensation laws and paid the penalty of $150,968 they had been assessed. Appellant requested an administrative hearing on the order asserting that appellants’ work fell within the…