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Fla. Stat. § 443.0315 (2025)

Effect of finding, judgment, conclusion, or order in separate or subsequent action or proceeding; use as evidence.

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443.0315 Effect of finding, judgment, conclusion, or order in separate or subsequent action or proceeding; use as evidence.Any finding of fact or law, judgment, conclusion, or final order made by a hearing officer, the commission, or any person with the authority to make findings of fact or law in any proceeding under this chapter is not conclusive or binding in any separate or subsequent action or proceeding, other than an action or proceeding under this chapter, between an individual and his or her present or prior employer brought before an arbitrator, court, or judge of this state or the United States, regardless of whether the prior action was between the same or related parties or involved the same facts.
History.s. 8, ch. 96-411; s. 16, ch. 2003-36.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2007–2020 · leading case: Thorkelson v. NY Pizza & Pasta Inc., 956 So. 2d 542 (Fla. 1st DCA 2007).
Thorkelson v. NY Pizza & Pasta Inc., 956 So. 2d 542 (Fla. 1st DCA 2007). · cites it 4× “§ 443.0315, Fla. Stat. (2004). A judge of compensation claims is not bound by factual findings made, or legal conclusions drawn, in unemployment compensation proceedings (if any) involving the same claimant.”
Perez v. Cigna Health & Life Ins. Co. (M.D. Fla. 2020). · cites it 2× “); see also Fla. Stat. § 443.0315 (“Any finding of fact or law, judgment, conclusion, or final order made by a hearing officer, the commission, or any person with the authority to make findings of fact or law in any proceeding under this chapter is not conclusive or binding in…”
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