What is a Rule Nisi used for?
In the context of Florida’s workers’ compensation system, Rule Nisi is used as a tool to enforce compensation orders issued by the Judge of Compensation Claims (JCC). The JCC does not have the inherent power to enforce his or her own orders. So, the Workers’ Compensation Law instructs that, when the Employer or Carrier has failed to comply with an order from the JCC that awarded benefits, the Claimant (i.e., injured worker) can file a petition in circuit court to enforce the order. The petition will ask the court “to issue a rule nisi directing such employer or carrier to show cause why a writ of execution, or such other process as may be necessary to enforce the terms of such order, shall not be issued.” The circuit court then has jurisdiction “to issue a writ of execution or such other process or final order as may be necessary to enforce the terms of such order” of the JCC. Do I Need a Rule Nisi? You might need one if you have an open workers’ compensation case in Florida, the JCC h
