Lehoullier v. Gevity/Fire Equipment Services

Petitioner/Claimant seeks certiorari review of an order of the Judge of Compensation Claims (JCC) granting the Employer/Carrier’s (E/C) motion to compel Claimant’s attendance at an independent medical examination (IME). Because we conclude that the order departs from the essential requirements of law and would cause irreparable harm that cannot be adequately remedied on appeal, we grant the petition and quash the compulsion order.

Claimant, a service technician for the E/C, sustained various neurological and orthopedic injuries in a compensable accident on July 27, 2007. Following the…