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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Curry v. Miami Dolphins, Ltd.

522 So.2d 1010, 13 Fla. L. Week. 814, (Fla.App. 1 Dist., Mar 30, 1988)

A deputy commissioner generally need not explain why he accepts the testimony of one doctor and rejects the testimony of another. However the failure to state the reasons for accepting one doctor's opinions over others is error when 1) the reason for the findings in the order is not apparent from the record or 2) it appears that the deputy commissioner has overlooked or ignored evidence in the record. In this case it was necessary for the deputy to explain in his order why he accepted the testimony of one doctor over the testimony of three others.