BRANDYWINE CONVALESCENT v. RAGOOBIR

No. 1D13-0982.

124 So.3d 344 (2013)

BRANDYWINE CONVALESCENT Care and Associated Industries Insurance Company, Inc., Appellants, v. Khemwattie RAGOOBIR, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

October 16, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rayford H. Taylor of Casey Gilson, P.C., Atlanta, and John S. Smith of Jones, Hurley & Hand, P.A., Tampa, for Appellants.

Jeffrey E. Appel and Claude M. Harden, III , of the Appel Harden Law Group, Lakeland, for Appellee.


PER CURIAM.

In this workers' compensation appeal, the Employer/Carrier (E/C) argues that the Judge of Compensation Claims (JCC) erred when he failed to accord the expert medical advisor's (EMA's) opinion a presumption of correctness and awarded Claimant permanent total disability (PTD) benefits. Because the JCC was not free, on this record, to reject the EMA's opinion, we reverse.

The JCC here appointed an EMA under section 440.13(9), Florida Statutes (2008...

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