LOCKHEED MARTIN v. SDTF

No. 1D05-5557.

943 So.2d 811 (2006)

LOCKHEED MARTIN and The Home Insurance Company in Liquidation, Appellants, v. SPECIAL DISABILITY TRUST FUND, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied December 12, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Hess and Margaret E. Sojourner, of Langston, Hess, Bolton, Shepard & Augustine, P.A., Maitland, for Appellants.

Cynthia A. Shaw, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


BROWNING, J.

Appellants (E/C) seek reimbursement from the Special Disability Trust Fund (SDTF) for workers' compensation benefits paid to a claimant, injured August 11, 1986, who is not a party to this action. The JCC ruled against E/C; we reverse.

Section 440.49(7)(a), Florida Statutes, provides that employer/carriers may seek reimbursement from the SDTF if they file a written notice of the claim "within 2 years after the date the employee last reached maximum...

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