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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Clair v. Glades County Board of Commissioners

19 FLW D222

A physician of a different peer group from that of the physician sought to be authorized may be qualified as an expert under Section 90.702 of the Florida Evidence Codeto opine that the requested care is not reasonable and necessary. In this instance, there must be a showing on the record that an orthopedist has training and experience in chiropractic skills of sufficient magnitude to establish that the witness is in fact an expert in chiropractic medicine. Issue certified to Supreme Court as one of great public importance.