Florida/Georgia Personal Injury & Workers Compensation

...2d DCA 1998). In addition, Griffis’ failure to timely file his notice of appeal cannot be excused due to his incarceration because as a licensee of the Department he had a statutory duty to keep the Department apprised of his current mailing address. See §§ 455.275 & 489.124, Fla. Stat. Having failed to do so, Griffis cannot now complain that the Department failed to provide him with notice of entry of the order and of his time limit for appealing the order. As provided in section 455.275(2), Florida Statutes, “service by regular mail to a licensee’s last known address of record with the department constitutes adequate and sufficient notice to the licensee for any official communication to the licensee by the board or the department except where other service is required pursuant to s....

...complaint deprived him of due process and, alternatively, invokes the doctrine of equitable tolling to excuse his noncompliance with the twenty-one-day time limit. We conclude the Department’s compliance with the notice provisions set forth in section 455.275, Florida Statutes, satisfied due process and reverse and remand for the limited purpose of resolving the tolling claim. BACKGROUND Rodriguez, a certified general contractor, served as the primary qualifying agent for Denika Construction, Inc....

...rmined provided that the procedure adopted affords reasonable notice and a fair opportunity to be heard before rights are decided.” Citizens of State v. Fla. Pub. Serv. Comm’n, 146 So. 3d 1143, 1154 (Fla. 2014) (citation omitted). Section 455.275, Florida Statutes, governs the service of the administrative complaint. Under the statute, initial attempts at service are to be made by regular and certified mail, as well as by e-mail, if possible, at the licensee’s “last known address of record.” § 455.275(3)(a), Fla....

...of the department’s website and shall send notice via e-mail to all newspapers of general circulation and all news departments of broadcast network affiliates in the county of the licensee’s last known address of record. § 455.275(3)(b), Fla....