Opinion
No. 97-3431
Opinion Filed October 7, 1998. Rehearing Denied November 5, 1999
An appeal from an order of Judge of Compensation Claims, Judith S. Nelson.
Randolph J.F. Potter, Plantation, and Bill McCabe of Shepherd, McCabe Cooley, Longwood, for Appellant.
Robert L. Teitler of Walton, Lantaff, Schroeder Carson, Miami, Attorney for Appellee.
This cause is before us on appeal from an order of the Judge of Compensation Claims (hereinafter JCC) denying Claimant permanent and temporary workers' compensation benefits. Claimant raises several issues on appeal, the first of which is whether the JCC erred in entering a stale order. We reverse and remand for a new hearing because Claimant's credibility was critical to the outcome of the case, and there was an excessive delay between Claimant's live testimony and the entry of the final order. See Palmieri v. NAACO, 677 So.2d 1310 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996). We therefore do not reach the remaining issues raised by Claimant.
REVERSED and REMANDED for a new hearing.
ERVIN, BOOTH and VAN NORTWICK, JJ., CONCUR.