Knight v. Walgreens

In this workers’ compensation appeal, Claimant argues the Judge of Compensation Claims (JCC)(1) violated Claimant’s due process rights by sua sponte considering the defenses of medical necessity and major contributing cause (MCC), which were not raised by the Employer/Carrier (E/C) in the parties’ pretrial stipulation, and (2) the JCC erroneously admitted the medical opinions of Dr. Shane VerVoort, which were based upon inadmissible hearsay. Because the record supports the JCC’s ruling on the admissibility of medical opinions of Dr. VerVoort, we affirm this second issue on appeal, without…