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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Barfield v. Universal Forest Products
813 So.2d 285, 27 FLW D857
The judge in his findings is not required to accept
medical opinions in their entirety and may instead
accept certain portions of the medical opinions which
are deemed to be reasonable and believable.
A job search is not a necessary pre-condition for the
award of benefits. While a job search is not an
absolute requirement, it is still necessary for the
claimant to show a causal connection between the
industrial injury and a resulting loss of earnings and
an unsuccessful job search may be a pertinent factor in
determining whether the claimant has satisfied this
burden. Because of the claimant's ability to work and
her failure to seek any employment despite the
availability of appropriate jobs JCC determined that
the claimant limited her income and did not establish
that her loss of earnings was caused by the industrial
injury.
