CURTIS BROWN, APPELLANT,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Fla. Distillers & Humana Workers' Comp. Servs. v. Rudd, 751 So. 2d 754 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000)
  …de the records and opinions of Dr. Martinez on the ground that he was not an authorized physician.' Because the employer/carrier did not offer treatment with a neurologist, the instant case is distinguishable from Lakeland Reg’l Med. Ctr. v. Murphy, 695 So. 2d 895 (Fla. 1st DCA 1997). [*758] Further, for the reasons explained in the immediately preceding section of this opinion, the employer/carrier’s argument that the JCC improperly relied upon the opinions of Dr. Martinez and Dr. Gonzalez, because those phy…
• Clairson Int'l & Crawford & Co. v. Rose, 718 So. 2d 210 (Fla. 1st DCA 1998)
  …ment, Mr. Rose scheduled the initial appointment with Dr. Freeman before he suspected that he had suffered an injury at work. No attorney was involved. These circumstances distinguish the present case from Lakeland Regional Medical Center v. Murphy, 695 So. 2d 895 (Fla. 1st DCA 1997), and the circumstances found to be determinative there.4 A more important distinction is that selecting Dr. Freeman as an independent medical examiner at the time of his deposition would not have entailed scheduling any appointme…

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• City OF Riviera Beach & Gallagher Bassett Serv., Inc. v. Napier, 791 So. 2d 1160 (Fla. 1st DCA 2001)
  …ction 440.13(5)(5)(e), Florida Statutes, limits medical opinion testimony in workers’ compensation cases to the opinion of a medical advisor, an independent medical examiner, or an authorized treating provider.”); Lakeland Reg’l Med. Ctr. v. Murphy, 695 So. 2d 895, 897 (Fla. 1st DCA 1997) (“Because [the doctors] did not fall into any of the categories under section 440.13(5)(e), the JCC erred in admitting their medical opinions.”) Dr. Leighton’s action in charging in excess of the allowable amount, and the E/…

Authorities Cited

• Hayes v. State, 345 So. 2d 765 (Fla. 4th DCA 1977)
• Perrin v. SAM Kaye, Inc., 345 So. 2d 765 (Fla. 4th DCA 1977)