MEDIA GENERAL, INC. v. McGUIRE

No. 1D03-1094.

871 So.2d 1045 (2004)

MEDIA GENERAL, INC. and Kemper National Insurance Company, Appellants, v. Teresa M. McGUIRE, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

May 10, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R.G. McCormick, Jr., Esquire of the Bleakley Law Firm, Tampa, for Appellants.

Michael Keough, Esquire, Hudson and Bill McCabe, Esquire of Shepherd, McCabe & Cooley, Longwood, for Appellee.


BENTON, J.

At issue on this appeal is whether the judge of compensation claims properly awarded Teresa McGuire authorization for intradiscal electrothermal therapy without appointing a timely requested expert medical advisor to evaluate whether she needed such therapy. Drs. Maser and Trimble recommended the therapy, while Dr. Companioni, a board certified orthopedist, testified that the therapy was not curative or medically necessary. In reaching her decision, the...

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