FCCI Insurance Co. v. NCM of Collier County, Inc.

STRINGER, Judge.

FCCI Insurance Company (“FCCI”) seeks certiorari review of the trial court’s order denying its motion for summary judgment in its action to collect workers’ compensation premiums from defendant NCM of Collier County, Inc. (“NCM”). We conclude that the trial court departed from the essential requirements of the law in denying FCCI’s motion for summary judgment because the trial court was not the proper forum to resolve NCM’s defense to the motion.

In the underlying action, FCCI sued NCM to recover retrospective workers’ compensation premiums due from NCM. FCCI moved for summary…