19-000025 Department Of Financial Services, Division Of Workers&Apos; Compensation vs. Rams Construction Of Ne Fl, Llc Status: Closed Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Thursday, May 2, 2019.

4. On November 28, 2018, the Department served Employer a 2nd Amended Order

of Penalty Assessment. The 2nd amended order assessed a total penalty of $39,639.64.

5. On December 14,2018, the Department received Employer's petition for hearing .

6. On January 2, 2019, the Department referred the petition for hearing to the Division

of Administrative Hearings ("DOAH").

7. On May 2, 2019, based on the absence of any disputed issues of material fact, the

Administrative Law Judge entered an Order Closing File that relinquished jurisdiction to the

Department.

8. The factual allegations contained in the Stop-Work Order and the 2nd Amended

Order of Penalty Assessment are hereby adopted as the Department's findings of fact in this case .

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CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

9. Based upon the findings of fact adopted herein, the Department concludes that

Employer violated the specific statutes and rules as alleged in the Stop-Work Order and the 2nd

Amended Order of Penalty Assessment.

Accordingly:

a. Employer shall immediately execute a payment agreement or pay the penalty

of$39,639.64 in full to the Department for deposit into the Workers' Compensation Administration

Trust Fund;

b . Employer remains subject to the Conditional Release until the total penalty of

$39,639.64 is paid in full to the Department.

DONEandORDEREDthis 24#, dayof '2019.

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Division ofWorkers' Compensation

NOTICE OF RIGHT TO APPEAL

A party adversely affected by this final order may seek judicial review as provided in section

120.68, Florida Statutes, and Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.190 . Judicial review is

initiated by filing a notice of appeal with the Agency Clerk, and a copy of the notice of appeal,

accompanied by the filing fee , with the appropriate district court of appeal. The notice of appeal

must conform to the requirements of Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9 . 11 0( d) , and must be

filed (i.e . , received by the Agency Clerk) within thirty days of rendition of this final order.

Filing with the Department's Agency Clerk may be accomplished via U.S . Mail, express overnight

delivery, hand delivery, facsimile transmission, or electronic mail. The address for overnight delivery

or hand delivery is Julie Jones, DFS Agency Clerk, Department of Financial Services , 612 Larson

Building, 200 East Gaines Street, Tallahassee , Florida 32399-0390 . The facsimile number is (850)

488-0697 . The email address is Julie.Jones@myfloridacfo . com.

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DUSTIN CHARLES-ADEEB NEMATI

ARMSTRONG LAW GROUP, P . A.

300 WEST ADAMS STREET, SUITE 400

JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA 32202