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William H. Rogner


Final Orders/Required and Surplus Language (5-13-19) Bridgefield appealed the JCC’s finding they were the employer, which the DCA affirmed. The claimant appealed the JCC’s denial of certain medical bills, and what we felt was an error of the JCC in not awarding TTD beyond the date of hearing. The claimant felt that since there was no evidence supporting benefits should end upon the date of the hearing, the Order should have said “for so long as such benefits are proper.” The DCA held that although it would not have been error for the JCC to include such language (as the claimant was TTD at the time of the hearing), the claimant has recourse if the E/C ceases to continue to pay appropriately, and such language is unnecessary “surplusage.”
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