MATRIX EMPLOYEE LEASING v. HERNANDEZ

No. 1D07-1455.

975 So.2d 1217 (2008)

MATRIX EMPLOYEE LEASING and FCIC/First Commercial Claim Services, Appellants, v. Leopoldo HERNANDEZ, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

March 10, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kristin J. Longberry of Alvarez, Sambol, Winthrop & Madson, P.A., Orlando, for Appellants.

Yolanda Hewling, Port St. Lucie; and Bill McCabe, Longwood, for Appellee.


WOLF, J.

The employer/carrier (E/C) raises two issues on appeal. We affirm as to both, and choose to discuss one: Whether the Judge of Compensation Claims (JCC) erred as a matter of law in finding that, although claimant unlawfully presented a false social security card for the purpose of obtaining employment, claimant was still owed workers' compensation benefits.

Claimant is a thirty-year-old male who began working for Robert Hershberger through Matrix,...

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