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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Davis v. Broward County Health Dept.
570 So.2d 371, 15 Fla. L. Week. D2819, (Fla.App. 1 Dist., Nov 13, 1990)
If penalties are awarded the JCC must set forth findings of fact and conclusions of law that support the imposition of penalties.The question in this case is whether physician imposed work restrictions are a necessary pre-requisite to an award of wage loss benefits. Court determined that it is a permanent impairment rating not the existence of physician imposed restrictions that is pre-requisite to a wage loss claim. A claimant with a permanent impairment rating has some physical limitations and can establish his wage loss claim by demonstrating a causal connection between the physical limitation and his lost earnings. Although physician imposed restrictions are a means of establishing the causal connection the claimant may also offer an extensive unsuccessful job search as proof.
