Prime Mechanical, Inc. v. Price

Full title: PRIME MECHANICAL, INC. AND STATE AUTO MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, APPELLANT…

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District

Date published: Jan 24, 1994

629 So. 2d 230 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1994)

Opinion

No. 92-3184.

December 9, 1993. Rehearing Denied January 24, 1994.

An appeal from an order of the Judge of Compensation Claims; Rand Hoch, Judge.

Jack A. Langdon, of Jack A. Langdon, P.A., St. Augustine, for appellant.

Robert B. Trumbo, Jr., of Bailey Trumbo, P.A., New Smyrna Beach, for appellee.

BARFIELD, Judge.

We interpret the portion of this workers' compensation order directing the Employer/Carrier "to authorize Dr. Twigg of the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida (or another orthopedic surgeon at that facility specializing in upper extremities) to perform an orthopedic evaluation of the claimant" as limited to the determination of the appropriateness of palliative treatment, Ivey v. City of Sarasota, 533 So.2d 881 (Fla. 1st DCA 1988); Old Cove Condo v. Curry, 511 So.2d 666 (Fla. 1st DCA 1987). The order is AFFIRMED.

ALLEN and WEBSTER, JJ., concur.