CITY OF SOUTH BAY v. NORRIS

No. 97-1900.

704 So.2d 145 (1997)

CITY OF SOUTH BAY and The Florida League Of Cities, Petitioners, v. William Lee NORRIS, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

November 19, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry J. Feinstein and Christine Duignan of Johnson, Anselmo, Murdoch, Burke & George, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for Petitioners.

Gerald A. Rosenthal of Rosenthal & Weissman, P.A., West Palm Beach, and Randy D. Ellison, West Palm Beach, for Respondent.


PER CURIAM.

The judge of compensation claims was without jurisdiction to enter an order appointing claimant's wife as his guardian, or even to request such an appointment, before the filing of a claim. § 440.17, Fla. Stat. (1995). We therefore grant the petition for certiorari and quash the order appointing a guardian.

BARFIELD, C.J., and KAHN and BENTON...

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