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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Colace v. Hamlet Estates, Ltd.
573 So.2d 994, 16 Fla. L. Week. 372, (Fla.App. 1 Dist., Jan 29, 1991)
If a claimant requests alternate medical care this must be provided by the employer/carrier or the claimant is free to select his own medical care provider. A claimant who has been offered alternative medical care may not unilaterally obtain treatment from an unauthorized physician and later obtain reimbursement from the employer/carrier. Where alternative care has been offered and the parties cannot agree on a treating physician the claimant must seek a decision through a judge or risk paying the bill. In this case the claimant requested alternate medical care and the employer/carrier offered an independent medical examination by three physicians. Court determined that the offer of independent medical examinations was not the same as offering alternate treatment. Accordingly medical treatment obtained by claimant was deemed to be authorized.
