ROBERT LEWIS WILSON, APPELLANT,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Safeharbor Emp'r Servs. I, Inc. v. Velazquez, 860 So. 2d 984 (Fla. 1st DCA 2003)
  …efits to illegal aliens. See Correa v. Waymouth Farms, Inc., 664 N.W. 2d 324 (Minn.2003). The Florida Workers’ Compensation Act clearly allowed benefits to illegal aliens under Chapter 440 prior to Hoffman. See Cenvill Development Corp. v. Candelo, 478 So. 2d 1168, 1170 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985); see also Gene’s Harvesting v. Rodriguez, 421 So. 2d 701, 701 (Fla. 1st [*986] DCA 1982) (holding fact that workers’ compensation claimant was illegal alien did not preclude entitlement to benefits for work-related injury).…
• HDV Constr. Sys., Inc. v. Aragon, 66 So. 3d 331 (Fla. 1st DCA 2011)
  …er (collectively the E/C) attempted to assert, as a defensive matter, Claimant’s illegal status so as to defeat a claim for permanent total disability (PTD) benefits. The JCC concluded, based on the authority of Cenvill Development Corp. v. Candelo, 478 So. 2d 1168 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985), that, because the Employer knew or should have known of Claimant’s illegal status prior to his injury, but continued his employment nonetheless, the E/C was precluded from using Claimant’s illegal status as a defensive measure —…
• AMS Staff Leasing v. Arreola, 976 So. 2d 612 (Fla. 1st DCA 2008)
  …physician not licensed in any state in the United States appears to be an issue of first impression.2 We begin by noting that Florida’s workers’ compensation law contemplates coverage for those who are not citizens. In Cenvill Dev. Corp. v. Candelo, 478 So. 2d 1168 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985), this court held that illegal aliens are entitled to Florida workers’ compensation coverage.3 See also Safeharbor Employer Servs., Inc. v. Velazquez, 860 So. 2d 984 (Fla. 1st DCA 2003); Gene’s Harvesting v. Rodriguez, 421 So. 2d…