Tobin v. Hendry County Sheriff's Department

In this workers’ compensation case, claimant seeks review of an order denying her claim for benefits. The judge of compensation claims concluded that claimant’s low-back complaints were not “causally related to her undisputed and compensable accident of September 21, 1990,” based upon a finding that “claimant’s testimony ... as to her back having been injured in the subject accident” was not credible. While we do not disagree that the judge could reject claimant’s testimony for lack of credibility, we note that the record also contains competent, substantial evidence, not dependent upon…