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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Delta Airlines v. Underwood
406 So.2d 1188, (Fla.App. 1 Dist., Nov 18, 1981)
The claimant cannot obtain IME at the expense of the
employer/carrier in the absence of a finding that the
remedial treatment being furnished to the claimant was
inadequate or there was a conflict in the medical
testimony. The DC can order such an independent
medical examination but it cannot be at the expense of
the employer/carrier. Remedial treatment denied to
claimant where the claimant absent a medical emergency
arbitrarily changed physicians while alternate
treatment was still being provided by the
employer/carrier and without seeking prior approval by
the DC. The claimant absent a medical emergency
arbitrarily changed physicians while alternate
treatment was still being provided by the E/C and
without seeking prior approval by the DC. Since the
claimant did not comply with Section 440.13(2) payment
of the medical bill was denied. An IME cannot be
obtained at the expense of the employer/carrier in the
absence of a finding that the remedial treatment being
furnished to the claimant was inadequate or there was a
conflict in the medical testimony. The DC can order
such an independent medical examination but it cannot
be at the expense of the employer/carrier.
