Miami-Dade County v. Mitchell

This case has been before this court twice before. See Miami-Dade County v. Mitchell, 754 So.2d 773, 774 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000) (remanding for reconsideration in light of Closet Maid v. Sykes, 763 So.2d 377 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000)(en banc), to determine whether the workplace accident was the major contributing cause of the claimant’s need for future medical treatment)(“Mitchell I”); Mitchell v. Metro Dade, 797 So.2d 10 (Fla. 1st DCA 2001)(re-manding for the Judge of Compensation Claims (“JCC”) to afford claimant an opportunity to testify in person)(“Mitchell II”). In Mitchell II, the claimant…