CHAVARRIA v. SELUGAL CLOTHING, INC.

No. 1D00-3467.

840 So.2d 1071 (2003)

Elva CHAVARRIA, Appellant, v. SELUGAL CLOTHING, INC., Clarendon National Insurance Co. and Stirling Cooke Insurance Services, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied March 31, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Bloom, of Bloom & Kinnear, Miami, and Randy D. Ellison, West Palm Beach, for Appellant.

Robert L. Teitler and Lazaro C. Rodriguez of Walton, Lantaff, Schroeder & Carson, Miami for Appellees.

EN BANC.


KAHN, J.

In this workers' compensation case, physicians gave expert testimony that, in some regards, was not consonant with testimony given by other physicians. The judge of compensation claims (JCC), as trier of fact, chose to credit portions of certain expert testimony over portions of other expert testimony. The disciplines involved are orthopedics and psychiatry. Because the JCC followed the rule required by both statute and supreme court precedent, we affirm...

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