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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Watkins v. Resources Property Management

596 So.2d 763, 17 FLW D472

Doctor recommended diagnostic studies to determine the source of the claimant's leg complaints. Court determined that diagnostic testing is compensable when it is conducted to determine the cause of a claimant's symptoms and whether they are related to a compensable accident.Benefits are due and payable on the fourteenth day of the period to be considered for payment. Penalties and interest are due if the payment is not made within fourteen days of the day the payment is due. In this case, benefits were paid on two occasions for a four week period. Since the benefits were not paid within fourteen days of the two week period for which benefits were due, penalties and interest were awardable.