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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Ullman v. City of Tampa Parks Department
625 So.2d 868
A Judge of Compensation Claims may reject uncontradicted medical evidence of medical causation which is flawed because of a materially untruthful history given by theclaimant. The court receded from the opinion in Faucher v. R.C.F. Developers, 569 So.2d 794 and its progeny. The judge has within his provence the right to reject uncontradicted medical testimony which is flawed by reason of a materially untruthful history given by the claimant. In this case, the doctors testified as to the causal connection between an alleged accident by history given to them by the claimant when in fact there was no accident as found by the judge. In this instance, the medical evidence as to the causal connection could be rejected by the JCC. The JCC's findings must be sustained on appeal if permitted by any view of the evidence and permissible inference. The JCC as a finder of fact is not required to accept an opinion which is not supported by facts of record.
