Parsons v. Central Florida Tourism Oversight District / Commercial Risk Management

JCC Stanton (Orlando) (Amy Raub / Rex Hurley) (9-9-2026) – Denied all claims based on misrepresentation. Pro se claimant. The JCC found the claimant was not credible based on being very evasive during questioning, in addition to false statements in social media postings about his capabilities such as the inability to walk upstairs, among other examples. The JCC found that since the claimant was not a credible witness, his testimony could not be trusted as truthful. Regarding misrepresentation, the E/C’s IME reviewed video of the claimant at a boxing gym and opined that the claimant did not have the type and severity of back pain that he included in his written statement. As such, the claimant’s assertation that he is in constant 90-100% severe pain was an intentionally false and misleading statement. The claimant was seen on surveillance participating in 17 boxing sparring sessions, which the JCC found were inconsistent with his pain complaints. Next, the claimant provided in his written statement that he could not get in and out of chairs, vehicles and bed. This again was contradicted by surveillance footage. The JCC held that the claimant made multiple false, fraudulent and misleading written statements.  Click here to view Order