ALLSTATE INS. CO. v. BOLLARD

No. 87-2010.

527 So.2d 289 (1988)

ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Patricia BOLLARD, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied July 20, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Williams & Zientz and Mark L. Zientz and Joseph C. Segor, Miami, for appellant.

Stephan H. Tarr, Miami, for appellee.

Before HUBBART and DANIEL S. PEARSON and FERGUSON, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

This appeal is brought by an insurance carrier from a final judgment entered on an Application for Rule Nisi to enforce a workers' compensation order.

A carrier may not defend against a rule nisi application by showing that it is justified in unilaterally suspending compensation. A justification defense which goes to the merits of the case is beyond the jurisdiction of the circuit court to consider. The sole inquiry on a rule nisi application is...

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