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Mercy Hospital v. Holmes

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
Sep 17, 1996
679 So. 2d 860 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)

Summary

holding JCC's conclusion as to factual issues will be affirmed if record contains competent, substantial evidence to support it

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Opinion

No. 96-1675.

September 17, 1996.

Appeal from Judge of Compensation Claims, William Johnson, J.

Robert L. Teitler of Walton, Lantaff, Schroeder Carson, Miami, for Appellants.

Steven M. Dunn of Dunn and Johnson, P.A., Miami, for Appellee.


There is ample competent substantial evidence in the record to support the determination by the Judge of Compensation Claims that the claimant is permanently totally disabled. Once again we remind counsel of the basic premise that the standard of review in worker's compensation cases is whether competent substantial evidence supports the decision below, not whether it is possible to recite contradictory record evidence which supported the arguments rejected below. See GTE v. Miller, 642 So.2d 1188, 1190 (Fla. 1st DCA 1994); Holiday Foliage v. Anderson, 642 So.2d 94, 97 (Fla. 1st DCA 1994); Swanigan v. Dobbs House, 442 So.2d 1026 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983).

AFFIRMED.

KAHN, DAVIS and BENTON, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Mercy Hospital v. Holmes

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
Sep 17, 1996
679 So. 2d 860 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)

holding JCC's conclusion as to factual issues will be affirmed if record contains competent, substantial evidence to support it

Summary of this case from Jackson v. Ryan's Family Steak House
Case details for

Mercy Hospital v. Holmes

Case Details

Full title:MERCY HOSPITAL AND MULTILINE CLAIMS SERVICE, INC., APPELLANTS, v. JUANITA…

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District

Date published: Sep 17, 1996

Citations

679 So. 2d 860 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)

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