Ruskin Packaging, Inc. v. Nadal

This cause is before us on appeal from an order of the Judge of Compensation Claims (hereinafter JCC) waiving the 30-day informal dispute resolution period mandated by section 440.191(2)(a), Florida Statutes (1993). We reverse, finding that the JCC did not have the authority to waive the informal dispute resolution period.

Ramona Nadal, the deceased claimant, allegedly sustained an industrial accident on December 29, 1995. She died shortly thereafter. Her beneficiaries are Appellees in the instant case.

On December 24, 1997, five days before the statute of limitations would have expired,…