Victor Gonzalez v. Quinco Electrical and Zenith

Claimant appeals a final compensation order of the Judge of Compensation Claims holding, among other things, that the employer/carrier is deemed to have timely responded to claimant’s request for a one-time change of physician under section 440.13(2)(f), Florida Statutes (2013). We affirm the JCC’s order. In addition, we hold that claimant’s request for a onetime change was not effective to give proper notice to the E/C because it was set forth only within a post-petition document that, according to its title and on its face, appeared to have an entirely different purpose. Under these…