Workers' Compensation
Listed below is McConnaughhay, Coonrod, Pope, Weaver & Stern, P.A.'s workers' compensation case law database. The database dates back until 1971 and includes over 5500 workers' compensation court decisions.
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Commercial Carrier Corp. v. Zellers
579 So.2d 157, 16 Fla. L. Week. D1009, (Fla.App. 1 Dist., Apr 08, 1991)
The suffering of a non-compensable medical condition during a period of time that the claimant is receiving wage loss benefits does not automatically preclude an award of wage loss. Such circumstances present an evidentiary question as to whether the claimant's compensable injury contributed to his disability apart from any effect of the non-compensable condition.In this case there were conflicting medical opinions as to the claimant's attainment of maximum medical improvement and the extent or existence of a permanent impairment. The resolution of these conflicts is within the ambit of the fact finding authority of the judge. This determination is largely a matter of discretion which ordinarily will not be disturbed on appeal if there is substantial medical evidence to support the challenged ruling.
