Compton & Associates, P.A. v. Wilkerson

CAWTHON, Senior Judge.

This is an appeal from a workers’ compensation order awarding permanent, total disability benefits from February 23, 1989, statutory interest on all past-due and unpaid compensation, costs and penalties in the amount of $412.80 for the late action taken on June to October and December 1989 wage loss requests.

We find that the Judge of Compensation Claims (JCC) erroneously relied on Dr. Wallquist’s medical evaluation, which was not admitted into evidence. See Philpot v. City of Miami, 541 So.2d 680 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989) (JCC’s decision may not be predicated on material that…