Hillsborough County School Board/Broadspire v. Kubik

In this workers’ compensation appeal, we reverse one of the three issues presented on direct appeal, and one of the three issues presented in the cross-appeal. We affirm the remaining issues without further comment.

In the challenged order, the Judge of Compensation Claims (JCC) excluded the opinion of the expert medical advisor (EMA) about causation of the need for treatment of Claimant’s neck. On appeal, the Employer/Carrier argues that the JCC should instead have admitted the opinion into evidence without attributing to it the presumption of correctness prescribed in subsection 440.13(9),…