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SPECIAL DISABILITY TRUST FUND v. SOUTH FLORIDA BD. MARRIOTT

No. 1D00-0171.

775 So.2d 423 (2001)

SPECIAL DISABILITY TRUST FUND, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT SECURITY, State of Florida, Appellant, v. SOUTH FLORIDA BOARD MARRIOTT/MARRIOTT CASUALTY CLAIM, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

January 10, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marian Alves, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Mathew D. Staver of Staver & Associates, Longwood, for Appellees.

BARFIELD, C.J.

In this workers' compensation appeal the Special Disability Trust Fund complains that the judge of compensation claims abused his discretion in relying on the testimony of Dr. Mellman to establish the cause of claimant's obesity. Over appellant's competency objection, Dr. Mellman opined on possible causes of obesity in general and admitted that he had no expertise in the area of causes for obesity. It was an abuse of discretion to admit this testimony...

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