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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Orona v. Baucom's of Florida
22 FLW D668
Court determined that claimant has a right to an
independent medical examination to be scheduled by the
employer/carrier. Before the 1994 amendments to
Section 440.13(5)(a), only the employer had the right
to select an IME physician and arrange for the
examination. Following the amendments in 1994, the
employer and the employee both have the right to select
a doctor of their own choosing to perform an IME.
Limited control over the scheduling of the IME under
Section 440.13(5)(c) remains with the employer to the
extent that the claimant's attorney is precluded from
scheduling the examination. The fact that none of the
authorized physicians believed that they could do
anything for the claimant does not preclude the
claimant's right to an IME with a physician of his own
choice.
