GAINES v. ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC UTILITIES

No. 97-1451.

710 So.2d 139 (1998)

Herbert GAINES, Appellant, v. ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC UTILITIES and Johns Eastern Company, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

April 17, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary J. Boynton, Orlando; Bill McCabe, Longwood, for Appellant.

Pamela Craig and Rebecca L. Bench of Whittaker, Stump, Webster, Miller & Craig, P.A., Orlando, for Appellees.


VAN NORTWICK, Judge.

In this workers' compensation appeal, Herbert Gaines, the claimant, appeals an order of the judge of compensation claims (JCC) which denied and dismissed his petition for benefits on the grounds that his claim was barred by section 440.19(1)(b), Florida Statutes (Supp.1990), the statute of limitations in effect on February 1, 1991, the date of Gaines' industrial accident. Gaines argues that the statute of limitations was amended effective January...

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