DocketNumber： No. 96-1920
Citation Numbers： 689 So. 2d 446, 1997 Fla. App. LEXIS 2524, 1997 WL 120548
Judges： Barfield, Benton, Ervin
Filed Date： 3/19/1997
Status： Precedential
Modified Date： 10/18/2024
The judge of compensation claims erred in holding that the order vacating an order not yet final, pursuant to Rule 4.141, was a nullity because the claimant died several days before entry of the order, and the estate had not been substituted as a party. Jurisdiction of the judge pursuant to Rule 4.141 is not dependent on the viability of a party. Further proceedings may be affected by the need to substitute the successor in interest to the decedent, but subject matter jurisdiction is not.
Reversed and remanded for further proceedings.