PALM BEACH COUNTY SCHOOL DIST. v. FERRER

No. 1D07-4524.

990 So.2d 13 (2008)

PALM BEACH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT and F.A. Richard & Associates, Appellants, v. Frances FERRER, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied September 11, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry K. McKim and Kurt A. Wyland of Walton Lantaff Schroeder & Carson, LLP, West Palm Beach, for Appellant.

Bill McCabe of Shepherd, McCabe & Cooley, Longwood, and David M. Cohen, North Miami Beach, for Appellee.


THOMAS, J.

In this workers' compensation appeal, Employer/Carrier (E/C) appeals the order of the Judge of Compensation Claims (JCC) denying its motion to tax costs. We agree with E/C that the JCC erred in denying its motion, and reverse.

As it argued below, E/C argues here that it was the prevailing party as a result of Claimant's voluntary dismissal of all seven of her petitions for benefits one day before the scheduled final merits hearing. The JCC denied...

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