Layne v. Indian River Center, LLC / Normandy

JCC Jacobs (Orlando) – (Tim Stanton) (9-16-2026) – Denied claimant’s Motion for Advance. The JCC found that although the claimant was in a compensable accident, she continued to work until a personal event resulted in her losing her AHCA certification, making her unable to do her regular duties with the restrictions given. However, that was two full months prior to the filing of the Motion for Advance. No medical records were offered by claimant to establish what her restrictions were at the time she prepared the financial affidavit, when the motion was filed nor when she was terminated. The JCC found the Financial Affidavit incomplete as the claimant failed to include her monthly or biweekly wages, which she was continuing to earn at that time. The screenshots claimant provided of bills were insufficient and were not past-due notices. The motion was also inaccurate as it asserted the claimant did not return to the same or equivalent employment with substantial reduction in wages. Therefore, the JCC found that claimant did not meet the second prong of the second step of the Kuhn analysis, that she did not provide adequate justification for the advance request and had insufficient medical evidence of restrictions.    Click here to view Order