Tie Vote on Reappointment Removes JCC from the Bench

By Michael Whiteley, Eastern Bureau ChiefFlorida Gov. Rick Scott's general counsel advised a panel that nominates workers' compensation judges on Tuesday that a controversial tie vote cast last April on the reappointment of veteran Judge Paul T. Terlizzese means he will be removed from the workers' compensation bench.Charles M. Trippe Jr., Scott's general counsel, said Scott's office is acknowledging a decision by the Statewide Nominating Commission for Judges of Compensation Claims in August that the failure of the 15-member panel to cast a majority vote failed to meet the...