STATE—HRS/DIV. OF RISK MANAGEMENT v. SEVER

No. 1D98-4247.

754 So.2d 751 (2000)

STATE of Florida—HRS/DIVISION OF RISK MANAGEMENT, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. James SEVER, Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied April 13, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. Bayliss of Bradham, Blevins, Oquist & Bayliss, P.A., St. Petersburg, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

James M. Callan, Jr., of James M. Callan, Jr., P.A., Clearwater, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant.


PER CURIAM.

We find no reversible error as to either of the two issues raised in the main appeal but we agree with the claimant's argument in the cross-appeal. The employer and carrier should not have been allowed to offset the accrued cost-of-living increases in the claimant's supplemental workers' compensation benefits and state disability retirement benefits between the time of the claimant's disabling injury and the time of the initial offset calculation. See...

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