Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Ass'n v. DeMarko

A petition for writ of prohibition challenges the retention of jurisdiction of the judge of compensation claims over an action brought under the Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Act (the Act), sections 766.301-766.316, Florida Statutes (1988). While judges of compensation claims had jurisdiction over claims originally brought under the Act, an amendment to section 766.304 transferred jurisdiction over such claims to the Division of Administrative Hearings. Because of the effect of the amendment, we determine that the judge of compensation claims has lost jurisdiction…