Solsaa ex rel. Solsaa v. Werner Enterprises, Inc.

I am compelled to dissent. Claimant’s argument for benefits depends on a hope and a dream that a bizarre “I gotcha” claim can work. She argues that the E/C’s mistaken payment of Nebraska benefits can somehow trigger a provision of Florida law that would forever bar any adjudication of a Florida claim based on its merits. Her argument concludes that, as a consequence, the E/C and the system must now be burdened paying her Florida compensation to which she was never entitled.2 Apparently, dreams can sometimes come true.

Two uncontested points should have shattered the dream. The first is a…