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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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Czopek v. Great Chemicals
15 FLW D1504
Claimant injured in compensable accident. As a
part of ongoing medical care, employer/carrier paid in
advance for the claimant to attend a weight loss
program provided by Nutri/Systems. Case settled and
two months after the settlement, Nutri/Systems closed
its facilities where the claimant lived. Nutri/Systems
refunded the carrier approximately $2,500 for the
unused portion of the weight loss program. Claimant
sought payment of the $2,500 that had been sent to the
employer/carrier. JCC determined that he did not have
jurisdiction to order reimbursement of such funds and
on appeal, this decision was reversed. The court
required the employer/carrier to reimburse the claimant
the balance for the weight loss program because the
settlement only settled the future liability of the
employer/carrier and had no effect on monies that had
previously been committed to provide treatment
to the claimant.