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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Roberts v. Ben Hill Griffin, Inc.

629 So.2d 236

Employer/carrier filed a motion for independent medical examination. Pursuant to Florida Rules of Workers' Compensation Procedure 4.140(a), the judge is required to have a hearing on the motion prior to ordering the IME. Not less than five days written notice must be given on such a hearing. The right of an employer/carrier to have an IME is not without limit and there is a requirement of reasonableness to such an IME subject to the scrutiny of the JCC. Since there was nothing in the motion for an IME or in a hearing for the JCC to scrutinize the reasonableness of this IME, it was error to order the IME.