Catron Beverages, Inc. v. Maynard

OWEN, WILLIAM C., Jr. (Retired), Associate Judge.

This appeal is so totally devoid of merit that to label it as frivolous may be a euphemism.

The sole issue before the deputy commissioner concerned the reasonableness of certain charges for medicines prescribed for claimant. The carrier, correctly asserting that its obligation to pay for medicines was limited to the customary and reasonable charges for like medicines in the community, Section 440.13(3)(a), Florida Statutes (1979), refused to pay for that part of the cost of medicines which it felt to be in excess of the statutory standard. This…