PIEZO TECHNOLOGY v. SMITH

No. ZZ-27.

413 So.2d 121 (1982)

PIEZO TECHNOLOGY and Professional Administrators, Inc., and Old Republic Ins. Co., and Southern Fire Adjusting Co., Appellants, v. Geraldine SMITH, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

April 26, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard J. Zimmerman, William G. Berzak and W. Michael Miller of Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson, Orlando, for appellants.

Donna L. Bergh of Walker, Buckmaster, Miller & Ketcham, Orlando, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Employer/carrier appeals a workers' compensation order which found that claimant was wrongfully discharged contrary to the provisions of § 440.205, Florida Statutes. We conclude that a deputy commissioner is without jurisdiction to make such a determination unrelated to any pending claim for benefits otherwise due under Chapter 440, Florida Statutes, and we therefore reverse.

The order determining that employer Piezo Technology violated &...

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