Supreme Court Sets Oral Arguments in Westphal for June 5

The Florida Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments for June 5 in the Westphal case, in which the 1st District Court of Appeal held that the state's 104-week cap on temporary disability was unconstitutional as it applied to an injured firefighter who exhausted his benefits nine months before he became medically stationary.The case title is Westphal v. City of St. Petersburg etc., et al., SC13-1930.A three-judge panel of the 1st DCA held in February 2013 that the statute that caps TD benefits at 104 weeks was unconstitutional. The full seven-member court later amended that ruling, holdin...