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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Cromartie v. City of St. Petersburg
882 So.2d 439
An expert medical advisor’s opinion has nearly conclusive effect and it is presumed to be correct and may not be rejected on the basis of clear and convincing evidence. Court determined that there was no competent and substantial evidence to support the judge’s determination that clear and convincing evidence existed sufficient to reject the expert medical advisor’s opinion. The primary basis for the judge’s determination was her conclusion that the expert medical advisor based his opinion on a faulty assumption, i.e., that the claimant had sustained a closed head injury as a result of the accident. However, this was one of the many areas in which the opinions of the numerous medical experts disagree and did not create the clear and convincing evidence warranting the rejection of the expert medical advisor’s opinion.