LOCKHART BUILDERS, INC., v. DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES, DIVISION OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL FIRST DISTRICT, STATE OF FLORIDA LOCKHART BUILDERS, INC. , NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED Appellant, v. CASE NO. 1D08-3468 DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES, DIVISION OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION, Appellee. _____________________________/ Opinion filed July 16, 2009. An appeal from the Division of Administrative Hearings, Department of Financial Services, Division of Workers' Compensation. Bill McCabe, Longwood, and Keith A. Mann, Sarasota, for Appellant. Colin M. Roopnarine, Department of Financial Services, Division of Workers' Compensation, Tallahassee, for Appellee. BARFIELD, J. The final order of the Department of Financial Services (DFS), which rejected the recommended order of the Administrative Law Judge and approved the penalty assessed by its Division of Workers Compensation for appellant s noncompliance with the statutory requirement that it secure workers compensation coverage for three employees of one of its subcontractors, is AFFIRMED. See Twin City Roofing Const. Specialists, Inc. v. Fla. Dep t of Fin. Servs., 969 So. 2d 563 (Fla. 1st DCA 2007). However, the case is REMANDED to DFS for correction of the final order to reflect that appellant is released from the stop-work order, conditioned upon its timely payment of the penalty in the agreed upon installments. PADOVANO and WEBSTER, JJ., CONCUR. 2
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