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CUPO v. SEMINOLE TRIBE OF FLORIDA

No. 1D02-3048.

860 So.2d 1078 (2003)

Joseph CUPO, Appellant, v. SEMINOLE TRIBE OF FLORIDA, a federally recognized Indian tribe, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

December 11, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Hackney, Jr., of Joseph Hackney, Jr., P.A., Miami, for Appellant.

Donald A. Orlovsky of Kamen & Orlovsky, P.A., West Palm Beach, and Leopoldo Garcia, Jr., of Angones, Hunter, McClure, Lynch & Williams, P.A., Miami, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

In this workers' compensation appeal, claimant, James Cupo, filed a petition for benefits asserting that he was injured during the course and scope of his employment with the employer, the Seminole Tribe of Florida. The judge of compensation claims dismissed the petition based upon lack of subject-matter jurisdiction over the Tribe. Cupo contends that the ruling violated his right to contract under Article I, Section 10, of the United States Constitution...

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