WEST COAST ELEVATOR CO. v. WOOD

No. 1D00-1664.

780 So.2d 321 (2001)

WEST COAST ELEVATOR CO., and Aig Claim Services, Inc., Appellant, v. David WOOD, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

March 22, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith A. Mann, of Mann Employers Legal Group, P.A., Sarasota, for Appellant.

Stella Diamond, Ft. Myers; and Bill McCabe, of Shepherd, McCabe & Cooley, Longwood, for Appellee.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from a worker's compensation order granting Appellee's request for a functional capacity evaluation (FCE). Because there was no competent, substantial evidence supporting the medical necessity for the FCE, we reverse.1

The only evidence submitted in this case was the deposition testimony of Appellee's most recent treating physician, Dr. Maurer. The physician testified that he did not impose any long...

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