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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Turner v. G. Pierce Wood Memorial Hosp
600 So.2d 1153, 17 Fla. L. Week. D1326
Generally, determination of the cause of a non observable medical condition,such as psychiatric illness, is essentially a medical question and a single medical opinion is sufficient to establish the required causation. In establishing causation, it is not necessary for the claimant to show that the industrial incident is the sole cause of the injury or condition but only that it is either a competent, precipitating or accelerating cause of the injury. The claimant's burden is to present evidence which reasonably permits a conclusion that the compensable physical limitation was an element in the causal chain resulting in or contributing to the wage loss. The aggravation of a psychiatric condition is compensable if shown to be a direct and proximate result of an industrial accident. In this case, the court determined that the medical evidence of record demonstrated that there was a causal connection between the claimant's psychiatric problems and the compensable accident.Claimant attempted to obtain medical care during period prior to the running of the statute of limitations. Care was denied by the employer/carrier and the claimant obtained treatment on his own without authorization from the employer/carrier. Court determined that since the claimant had sought medical care within the period prior to the running of the statute of limitations and such treatment had been denied by the employer/carrier, this constituted a bar to the running of the statute of limitations. During period of time prior to running of statute, the employer/carrier had advised the claimant that the statute of limitations had run and accordingly, no medical treatment was provided.
