JOHNS EASTERN CO., INC. v. MATTA

Nos. 97-1566, 97-3647.

717 So.2d 91 (1998)

JOHNS EASTERN COMPANY, INC., and Orange County, Appellants, v. Cathy MATTA, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

August 7, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela Craig and Ronald S. Webster of Whittaker, Stump, Webster & Craig, Orlando, for Appellants.

Robert F. Sprick, Orlando, for Appellee.


PADOVANO, Judge.

Orange County and Johns Eastern Company, the employer and servicing agent, appeal a final order awarding medical benefits to the claimant, Cathy Matta. We reverse for a new hearing on the merits of the claim because the determination of compensability was based on medical testimony that should not have been admitted in evidence. This disposition requires reversal of a subsequent final order awarding attorneys' fees, as well.

The claimant had...

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