Perez-Ramirez v. Dexter Development

Appellant, Martin Perez-Ramirez, appeals a final order of the Judge of Compensation Claims (JCC) denying com-pensability of his back condition. The JCC found that the claim was barred due to appellant’s failure to report the injury within the thirty-day reporting period mandated by section 440.185(1), Florida Statutes (2000); excluded appellant’s independent medical examining physician’s testimony because the physician charged and collected in excess of the maximum allowable fee for an independent medical examination, for which exclusion the JCC relied on City of Riviera Beach v. Napier, 791…