SPECIAL DISAB. TRUST FUND v. ROBBINS MFG CO.

No. BG-404.

484 So.2d 54 (1986)

SPECIAL DISABILITY TRUST FUND, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT SECURITY, Appellant, v. ROBBINS MANUFACTURING COMPANY and Wausau Insurance Companies, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied March 20, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon W. Jacobs, Special Disability Trust Fund, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Janet Jaspers, of Matusek, Ogden, McKnight & Hudson, P.A., St. Petersburg, for appellees.


NIMMONS, Judge.

The Special Disability Trust Fund (Fund) appeals from an order of the deputy commissioner determining that the employer/carrier's claim for reimbursement was timely filed because the "date of payment" of permanent impairment benefits, for purposes of Section 440.49(2)(g), Florida Statutes (1981), is the date the claimant negotiates the check. We disagree and reverse.

The claimant sustained a compensable injury on May 14, 1982. In payment of...

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