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HINZMAN v. WINTER HAVEN FACILITY OPERATIONS LLC

No. 1D12-2382.

109 So.3d 256 (2013)

Joy HINZMAN, Appellant, v. WINTER HAVEN FACILITY OPERATIONS LLC d/b/a Consulate Health Care of Winter Haven and Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied March 28, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey E. Appel of the Appel Law Group, P.A., Lakeland, and E. Taylor Davidson of DiCesare, Davidson & Barker, P.A., Lakeland, for Appellant.

Herbert A. Langston, Jr. , and James M. Hess of Langston, Hess, Augustine, Hussey & Moyles, P.A., Maitland, for Appellees.

PER CURIAM.

In this workers' compensation case, Claimant appeals an order of the Judge of Compensation Claims (JCC) in which he ruled that the "5 days" in section 440.13(2)(f), Florida Statutes (2011), means business days rather than calendar days. We reverse this ruling because the plain meaning of the statute reveals the Legislature's intent to limit to five consecutive days, or calendar days, the time period within which a "carrier shall authorize an alternative...

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