Legal Opinion
School District of Hillsborough County v. Dickson
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided July 12, 2011No. 1D10-2909PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Per curiam
This is an appeal from a final workers’ compensation order awarding Claimant, Maryann Dickson, compensation for the second arthroscopic surgery she underwent to repair her injured knee. We reverse, finding the Judge of Compensations Claims (JCC) erred in awarding compensation based on its improper application of section 440.20(4), Florida Statutes (2010), and subsequent determination that the Employer/Carrier (E/C) waived its right to deny compensability.
Background
On September 17, 2008, Claimant slipped on a wet walkway in her workplace and tore the posterior horn of the medial meniscus in…
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