AMABLE J. MOYA-PERGUERO, v. TRUCKS AND PARTS OF TAMPA, INC. and AMERITRUST INSURANCE CORP.

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL FIRST DISTRICT, STATE OF FLORIDA AMABLE PERGUERO, J. MOYA- NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED Appellant, v. CASE NO. 1D11-3425 TRUCKS AND PARTS OF TAMPA, INC. and AMERITRUST INSURANCE CORP., Appellees. _____________________________/ Opinion filed January 24, 2012. An appeal from an order of the Judge of Compensation Claims. Doris E. Jenkins, Judge. Date of Accident: September 15, 2005. Bradley Guy Smith of Smith, Feddeler, Smith & Miles, P.A., Lakeland, Susan W. Fox of Fox & Loquasto, P.A., Orlando, and Wendy S. Loquasto of Fox & Loquasto, P.A., Tallahassee, for Appellant. Gregory D. White and William H. Rogner of Hurley, Rogner, Miller, Cox, Waranch & Westcott, P.A., Winter Park, for Appellees. PER CURIAM. In this workers compensation case, Claimant appeals an order of the Judge of Compensation Claims (JCC) dismissing Claimant s petition for benefits (PFB). We reverse and remand because, as Claimant asserts, and as the Employer/Carrier concedes, the JCC erred in sua sponte dismissing the PFB after a hearing on a motion for sanctions requesting only attorney s fees. Parties are entitled to notice of the issues to be determined at a hearing, and an order that is not in accord with the understanding with which the workers compensation hearing was undertaken and participated in is a denial of due process and must be reversed. See Sch. Dist. of Hillsborough Cnty. v. Dickson, 67 So. 3d 1080, 1083 (Fla. 1st DCA 2011). REVERSED and REMANDED for further proceedings. BENTON, C.J., DAVIS, and MARSTILLER, JJ., CONCUR. 2

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