FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, DIVISION OF RISK MANAGEMENT, APPELLANT,

v.

JOAN C. DAVIES, APPELLEE

Citator

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• Lonergan v. Est. OF Ethel L. Budahazi, 669 So. 2d 1062 (Fla. 5th DCA 1996)
  …ling. The findings of the trial court are to be presumed correct and are to be given the same weight as a jury verdict. Parson v. Hendley, 416 So. 2d 513 (Fla. 4th DCA 1982), rev. denied, 426 So. 2d 27 (Fla.1983); Gruman v. State, Dept. of Revenue, 379 So. 2d 1313 (Fla. 2d DCA 1980); Gaisford v. Frostman, 202 So. 2d 790 (Fla. 4th DCA 1967), cert. denied, 211 So. 2d 212 (Fla.1968). Because it is the trial court who has the firsthand opportunity to hear and observe the witnesses as they testify, the trial court…
• Fla. Dep't OF Corr. v. Bradley, 510 So. 2d 1122 (Fla. 1st DCA 1987)
  …based did not comply with the essential requirements of law. Section 120.-57(l)(b)9., Florida Statutes (1985); Tuveson v. Florida Governor’s Council on Indian Affairs, Inc., 495 So. 2d 790 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986); Gruman v. State, Department of Revenue, 379 So. 2d 1313 (Fla. 2d DCA [*1124] 1980). There is no requirement, however, that the agency review the record and it may accept the findings of fact contained in the recommended order in its final order, Schomer v. Department of Professional Regulation, 417 So. 2…
• City OF Umatilla v. Pub. Emps. Relations Comm'n, 422 So. 2d 905 (Fla. 5th DCA 1982)
  …s hearing officer which were supported by competent substantial evidence. That PERC might have reached a different result had it heard the evidence does not authorize it to discard the hearing officer’s findings. See Gruman v. Department of Revenue, 379 So. 2d 1313 (Fla. 2d DCA 1980); Pasco County School Board v. Florida Public Employees Relations Commission, 353 So. 2d 108, 115 (Fla. 1st DCA 1977). The Commission relies heavily on McDonald v. Dept. of Banking & Finance, 346 So. 2d 569 (Fla. 1st DCA 1977), cl…