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Jenkins Electric v. Mayes

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
Jan 27, 1981
393 So. 2d 44 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1981)

Opinion

No. VV-398.

January 27, 1981.

Appeal from an order of Deputy Commissioner David L. Trask.

Eugene E. Williams and Mark L. Zientz of Williams Zientz, Coral Gables, for appellants.

John R. Sutton, Coral Gables, for appellee.


We affirm the point raised by appellants, finding that claimant's letter, filed with the Division of Worker's Compensation, was a sufficient claim to toll the statute of limitations until an amended claim was filed. Because of the concern raised in appellants' argument, we add that we certainly do not sanction the manner in which appellants were initially notified of the original claim, i.e., by a notice of hearing "on the merits." However, whatever the procedural deficiencies in this case, they did not operate to make appellee's original claim invalid.

AFFIRMED.

SHIVERS, SHAW and THOMPSON, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Jenkins Electric v. Mayes

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
Jan 27, 1981
393 So. 2d 44 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1981)
Case details for

Jenkins Electric v. Mayes

Case Details

Full title:JENKINS ELECTRIC ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. DELBERT MAYES, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District

Date published: Jan 27, 1981

Citations

393 So. 2d 44 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1981)

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