Olympic Associates v. Kimmel

This is an appeal of an order of the judge of compensation claims finding that the claimant’s injury is causally related to her industrial accident and awarding disability and medical benefits. As noted in Thomas v. Salvation Army, 562 So.2d 746, 749 (Fla. 1st DCA 1990), “[i]t is an established rule that a workers’ compensation claimant must prove the existence of a causal connection between the employment and injury for which benefits are sought, and the existence of causation must be based upon reasonable medical probability. Medical evidence as to causation is particularly significant…