ABDUL RASHID, APPELLANT,

v.

NEWBERRY FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Wolk v. Jaylen Homes, Inc., 593 So. 2d 1058 (Fla. 1st DCA 1992)
  …hout the claimant’s prior agreement or without approval of a judge of compensation claims. Should the employer/carrier attempt to' deauthorize without prior approval, good cause must be shown for such action. Stuckey v. Eagle Pest Control Co., Inc., 531 So. 2d 350, 351 (Fla. 1st DCA 1988); Cal Kovens Construction v. Lott, 473 So. 2d 249, 253 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985). The issue presented by claimant in this case requires a determination by the judge of compensation claims regarding whether deauthorization is in th…
• City OF Bartow & Commercial Risk Mgmt. v. Brewer, 896 So. 2d 931 (Fla. 1st DCA 2005)
  …r “deauthorizing” Dr. Simon as the treating physician for Ms. Brewer’s knee injury. Dr. Simon never treated Ms. Brewer for her knee injury, only for the shoulder injury she sustained in a separate accident. Compare Stuckey v. Eagle Pest Control Co., 531 So. 2d 350, 351 (Fla. 1st DCA 1988) (“[OJnce an injured employee [*934] establishes a satisfactory- physician-patient relationship with an authorized physician, the. e/c may not deauthorize that physician without the employee’s prior agreement or without appro…
• Scott v. Bisanti Servs., Inc., 634 So. 2d 292 (Fla. 1st DCA 1994)
  …satisfactory physician-patient relationship with an autho [*295] rized physician, the employer/carrier may not deauthorize that physician -without the employee’s prior agreement or without the approval of the JCC. Stuckey v. Eagle Pest Control Co., 531 So. 2d 350 (Fla. 1st DCA 1988). When the employer/carrier deauthor-izes claimant’s first treating physician without authorizing alternative medical care, even when a claimant requests such care, claimant is justified in seeking medical care from a physician of…

Authorities Cited

• Pitcher v. Schneider (Fla. 5th DCA 2018)
• Albert v. Applegate et ux., 377 So. 2d 1150 (Fla. 1979)
• E.J. Assocs., Inc. v. The John E. & Aliese Price Found., Inc., 515 So. 2d 763 (Fla. 2d DCA 1987)