STATE ATTORNEY v. JOHNSON

No. 1D99-1018.

770 So.2d 187 (2000)

STATE ATTORNEY and State of Florida, Appellants, v. Suzanne JOHNSON, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

September 25, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diane H. Tutt of Diane H. Tutt, P.A., Plantation, for Appellants.

Ken Kugler, Lake Worth, and Randy D. Ellison, West Palm Beach, for Appellee.


ALLEN, J.

The employer appeals a workers' compensation order by which the judge declined to approve a unilateral transfer of medical care pursuant to section 440.13(2)(d), Florida Statutes. We conclude that the judge misperceived the effect of the statute, but that the ultimate determination below was a proper ruling which accords with the requirements of the Workers' Compensation Law.

The claimant sustained a compensable injury prior to the enactment of the...

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