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781 So. 2d 1070

781 So.2d 1070

26 Fla.L.WeeklySupp. 98

Ford v. Conklin

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided February 22, 2001

Supreme Court of Florida · decided 2001-02-22

Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently April 2012

3 state decisions

Relies on 755 So. 2d 597 - City of Clearwater v. Acker · 737 So. 2d 602 - Conklin v. Ford

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Decided 2001-02-22

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QUINCE, J.

¶1We have for review a decision on the following question of great public importance certified by the First District Court of Appeal in Conklin v. Ford, 737 So.2d 602 (Fla. 1st DCA 1999):

WHERE AN EMPLOYER TAKES A WORKERS’ COMPENSATION OFFSET UNDER SECTION 440.20(15), FLORIDA STATUTES (1985), AND INITIALLY INCLUDES SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFITS PAID UNDER SECTION 440.15(l)(e)l, FLORIDA STATUTES (1985), IS THE EMPLOYER ENTITLED TO RECALCULATE THE OFFSET BASED ON THE YEARLY 5% INCREASE IN SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFITS?

¶2We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const. For the reasons expressed in City of Clearwater v. Acker, 755 So.2d 597 (Fla.1999), we answer the certified question in the negative and approve the First District’s decision in this case.

¶3It is so ordered.

WELLS, C.J., and SHAW, HARDING, ANSTEAD, PARIENTE and LEWIS, JJ., concur.
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