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\"femaledr1-thumb-220x246-18292\"<\/a>In the case of Jose v. Goodwill Industries and Gallagher Bassett<\/span><\/a>, decided January 23, 2014, the First District Court of Appeals in Florida held that a Goodwill worker who passed out and fell at work was not able to pursue a workers\u2019 compensation case<\/a> because the claimant failed to produce objective medical findings substantiating an injury resulting from his fall at work.\u00a0 However, the Appellate Court noted that none of the doctors had been asked about the hospital CT scan taken on the date of the claimant\u2019s accident, which revealed a hematoma or some hemorrhage.\u00a0 Neither of the doctors had been asked whether that condition substantiated an objective medical finding substantiating an injury at work.<\/p>\n

Pain may serve as the basis of an emergency medical condition<\/a> if, in the absence of immediate medical attention, the claimant could reasonably be expected to suffer \u201cserious dysfunction of any bodily organ or part.\u201d\u00a0 In the case of Manuel Cespedes v. Yellow Transportation<\/a>, the First District Court of Appeal decided on November 26, 2013, that in this case the claimant had a compensable injury on March 20, 2006 and was MMI\u2019d by Dr. Chris Brown with a 6% impairment for an L5-S1 disk herniation.\u00a0 Thereafter, he treated intermittently with Dr. Brown. On March 19, 2011, he was admitted to Kendall Regional Medical Center under the care of Dr. Acebal, Claimant was found to have a massive herniated disk at L5-S1, severely compressing the nerve roots and Dr. Acebal did immediate surgery at L5-S1.\u00a0 Prior to surgery Dr. Acebal offered to transfer the Claimant\u2019s surgery to Dr. Brown because he needed immediate surgery.\u00a0 Dr. Brown told Dr. Acebal to do the surgery.\u00a0 On March 22 Dr. Acebal performed surgery and the Employer\/Carrier denied any further medical care.\u00a0 The Claimant tended to offer into evidence the opinion of Dr. Acebal, but the Employer\/Carrier objected.\u00a0 The JCC erroneously sustained that objection. This case was eventually reversed with the Employer\/Carrier being ordered to pay for the surgery. \u00a0 Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the case of Jose v. Goodwill Industries and Gallagher Bassett, decided January 23, 2014, the First District Court of Appeals in Florida held that a Goodwill worker who passed out and fell at work was not able to pursue a workers\u2019 compensation case because the claimant failed to produce objective medical findings substantiating an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[24,23],"class_list":["post-94","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-workers-compensation","tag-emergency-medical-condition","tag-workers-compensation-2"],"yoast_head":"\nPain May Serve as the Basis of an Emergency Medical Condition and an Emergency Medical Doctor can Testify in Workers\u2019 Compensation — Florida Injury Attorneys Blog — February 11, 2014<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In the case of Jose v. 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