Watkins v. Wolf

ERVIN, Judge.

The employer and its insurance carrier (E/C), E.M. Watkins and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, appeal a workers’ compensation order in which the judge of compensation claims (JCC) concluded that the claim of appellee, Vivian Wolf, was not barred by the two-year statute of limitations, and directed the E/C to provide medical treatment. We reverse and remand.

Wolf suffered a compensable industrial accident on November 2, 1981. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 440.19(2)(b), Florida Statutes (1981), an employee’s right to remedial treatment is barred if no claim is filed within…