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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Bass v. General Motors Corporation
19 FLW D1120
A JCC's findings are to be sustained if it is permitted by any view of the evidence and its possible inferences. The JCC, as the finder of fact, has the prerogative of disbelievingwitnesses. The JCC is free to reject in whole or in part even uncontradicted testimony which the JCC disbelieves. Court in this case, however, reversed judge's findings denying claim. The discrepancies in the claimant's testimony were of no weight in determining whether or not an accident had occurred. There were discrepancies in the claimant's testimony as to what he was lifting at the time of the alleged accident and the manner in which he was lifting. However, these discrepanies had no probative value in determining if an accident had occurred. JCC rejected testimony of doctor based upon the inaccuracies of hypotheticals posed to him as to the claimant's job responsibilities. Since the medical evidence was presented by way of deposition, the appellate court could review de novo the opinions of the doctors. Court determined that hypotheticals posed to doctors were accurate and therefore, judge erred in rejecting the medical testimony.
