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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Above All Drywall v. Shearer

651 So.2d 195

Court determined that JCC erred in determining that claimant's amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease) was related to claimant's minor trauma on job. The opinions relied upon by the JCC to support the finding of causation did not appear credible in light of substantial evidence that there is no known cause of ALS. Case remanded for further proceedings. The JCC did not adequately explain why the opinions of an osteopath and a neurologist with a general practice were accepted over the opinions of other experts. Rejection of employer/carrier's expert opinions by JCC were not legally sound where the rejection was based on the fact that the employer/carrier had called the expert witness and had paid a large fee for testimony. Dissenting opinion.