Hialeah Hospital v. Lorenzo

BARFIELD, Judge.

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…