Gilbert v. Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority

DAVIS, Judge.

Alice Gilbert, as guardian for the claimant Bruce Gilbert, appeals an order of the Judge of Compensation Claims denying claimant’s petition for benefits on the basis that the petition was barred by the statute of limitations set forth in section 440.19(1), Florida Statutes (1985). Because the claimant’s receipt of medical care from an authorized medical care provider at least once every two years tolled the statute of limitations until the claimant’s hospitalization at Largo Medical Center Hospital in July 1990, and because the JCC’s order fails to make a finding as to when the…