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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Alford v. G. Pierce Woods Memorial Hospital

18 FLW D1579, July 7, 1993

Orthopedic surgeon qualified to testify as to the medical necessity and reasonableness of chiropractic care. Court determined that the Florida Evidence Code applied to workers' compensation proceedings and that Section 90.702 as it relates to testimony by experts was relevant to these proceedings, i.e., a witness's qualifications to express an opinion is peculiarly within the discretion of the trial judge. Orthopedic surgeon in this case testified that he had read a lot of chiropractic literature, was familiar with the general nature of treatment that chiropractors offer and that he had had training in some forms of manipulation. Dissenting opinion.