BARNWELL v. MIAMI-DADE COUNTY SCHOOL BD.

No. 1D10-0378.

48 So.3d 144 (2010)

Bobbie D. BARNWELL, Appellant, v. MIAMI-DADE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD and Gallagher Bassett, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

November 22, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martha D. Fornaris of Fornaris & Associates, P.A., Coral Gables, and Kimberly A. Hill of Kimberly A. Hill, P.L., Fort Lauderdale, for Appellant.

Steven P. Kronenberg and Kimberly J. Fernandes of Kelley, Kronenberg, Gilmartin, Fichtel, Wander, Bamdas, Eskalyo & Dunbrack, Miami Lakes, for Appellees.


BENTON, C.J.

A workers' compensation claimant appeals an order "enforcing a settlement" purportedly reached in mediation, raising three issues. Because we agree the parol evidence rule was improperly applied to exclude evidence below, we reverse on that ground without reaching the other issues, and remand for further proceedings.

Whether the writing subscribed at mediation is ambiguous is a question of law subject to de novo review. See Ivester v. Parkway...

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