This workers' compensation appeal poses the question of whether the 120-day pay-and-investigate provision set forth in section 440.20(4), Florida Statutes (Supp. 1998), applies to a situation in which the claimant has a preexisting compensable injury that is exacerbated or aggravated by work duties. The judge of compensation claims (JCC) concluded that the statutory provision was inapplicable, because claimant...
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