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HMSHOST CORPORATION/GALLAGHER BASSETT SERVICES INC. v. FREDERIC

No. 1D11-4956.

102 So.3d 668 (2012)

HMSHOST CORPORATION/GALLAGHER BASSETT SERVICES INC., Appellants, v. Guerda FREDERIC, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied July 20, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. George Kagan of Miller, Kagan, Rodriguez & Silver, P.L., West Palm Beach, for Appellants.

Kimberly A. Hill of Kimberly A. Hill, P.L., Fort Lauderdale, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

In this workers' compensation case, the Employer/Carrier appeals an order of the Judge of Compensation Claims (JCC) awarding Claimant her own selection of a "one-time" change of physician under section 440.13(2)(f), Florida Statutes (2009). We reverse because, although we agree with the JCC that Claimant's purported petition for benefits constituted the "written request" required by section 440.13(2)(f), we hold the JCC erred in finding the Employer/Carrier...

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