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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Department of Transp. v. Montero
568 So.2d 65, 15 Fla. L. Week. D2011, (Fla.App. 1 Dist., Aug 06, 1990)
In addressing the issue of the payment of penalties the judge is obligated to recite the ultimate facts and conclusions supporting his decision whether to award penalties. The order in this case failed to contain such recitations. The denial of a penalty was reversed and the cause remanded for further findings as to whether penalties should be awarded.Following compensable injury claimant returned to family home in Costa Rica. There she was able to obtain employment and sought wage loss benefits. Employer/carrier attempted to defend wage loss claim by presenting evidence comparing the economic conditions in Costa Rica with those in the United States attempting to show that the prevailing rate of pay and standard of living in the two countries were different. Court ruled that such evidence was inadmissible and of no relevance in determining wage loss entitlement.
