Workers' Compensation
Listed below is McConnaughhay, Coonrod, Pope, Weaver & Stern, P.A.'s workers' compensation case law database. The database dates back until 1971 and includes over 5500 workers' compensation court decisions.
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Smith v. Burnup & Sims Comtec Inc.
492 So.2d 1178, 11 Fla. L. Week. 1816, (Fla.App. 1 Dist., Aug 18, 1986)
The deputy commissioner is required to assess penalties against the employer/carrier for compensation not paid within thirty days of the entry of an order. The deputy has no authority to deny penalties on the basis that the delay in payment was the result of the party's uncertainty as to the applicable average weekly wage. Petition for modification filed more than thirty days after entry of the order awarding benefits did not serve to stayenforceability of a compensation order.The deputy commissioner is required to assess penalties against the employer/carrier for compensation not paid within thirty days of the entry of an order. The deputy has no authority to deny penalties on the basis that the delay in payment was the result of the party's uncertainty as to the applicable average weekly wage. Petition for modification filed more than thirty days after entry of the order awarding benefits did not serve to stay enforceability of a compensation order.
