Hialeah Hospital v. Lorenzo
Hialeah Hospital v. Lorenzo
Opinion of the Court
The parties appeal and cross-appeal a workers’ compensation order awarding, inter alia, medical benefits and wage loss benefits. The employer/carrier (E/C) assert that the award of medical benefits relating to the claimant’s perceived cardiac problems was not supported by competent substantial evidence. The claimant argiies that wage loss benefits were improperly awarded without a finding of maximum medical improvement (MMI) from a chiropractic standpoint. We affirm on the first issue and reverse on the second.
The judge of compensation claims (JCC) signed a sloppily written and internally inconsistent order, apparently drafted by the claimant’s trial attorney,
The order is REVERSED and the case is REMANDED to the JCC for a determination of whether claimant has reached chiropractic MMI; if so, for a determination of whether he is entitled to palliative chiropractic care for his continued pain; and if not, for a reclassification of the wage loss benefits awarded to temporary partial disability benefits.
. Claimant's counsel on appeal was different from his trial counsel.
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