Metropolitan Dade County v. Pope

In this workers’ compensation case, the employer/self-insured (e/s-i) challenges an *857order of the Judge of Compensation Claims (JCC) awarding the claimant palliative chiropractic care from Dr. William Tarlton. Finding no competent substantial evidence to support the award, we reverse.

The claimant had a compensable accident while working for e/s-i on December 14, 1987. The claimant treated with Dr. Elliot Lang, an orthopedic surgeon, and Dr. William Tarlton, a chiropractor. Initially, claimant complained of tenderness in her left lower extremity, but her complaints eventually came to include…