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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Hidden Harbor Boatworks v. Williams
566 So.2d 595, 15 Fla. L. Week. D2332, (Fla.App. 1 Dist., Sep 12, 1990)
The JCC's denial of penalties was reversed for failure of the judge in his order to recite ultimate facts and conclusions supporting the decision.Court determined that there was sufficient evidence of record to substantiate the judge's determination that there was a causal connection between an exposure on the job and resulting medical problems. The opinions relied upon by the JCC were not based upon speculation or conjecture but upon a competent chain of evidence reasonable inferences and an objective and deductive diagnosis which sufficiently laid the predicate for the doctor's opinions on causal connection.Court determined that claimant had not yet reached maximum medical improvement and therefore a finding of the fact that the claimant was permanently and totally disabled was premature. So long as there is a reasonable expectation that further improvement is possible a claimant cannot be considered to have reached MMI.
