Heidrich v. Floyd

ROBERT P. SMITH, Jr., Chief Judge.

The employer and carrier appeal from the deputy commissioner’s order requiring that they provide claimant medical examination and treatment at the Duke University Medical School in Durham, North Carolina. The deputy’s order satisfies the standard for out-of-state medical treatment established by Decker v. City of West Palm Beach, 379 So.2d 1004 (Fla. 1st DCA 1980), and its antecedents, by finding in effect that equally beneficial treatment is not available in Florida. The deputy rightly held that the availability of local treatment facilities does not, in and…