Case Name: Kasia DALZELL, Appellant, v. MERCY HOSPITAL and Multi-Line Claims Service, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1997-06-25
Citations: 697 So. 2d 537
Docket Number: No. 96-4616
Parties: Kasia DALZELL, Appellant, v. MERCY HOSPITAL and Multi-Line Claims Service, Appellees.
Judges: BARFIELD, C.J., and BENTON, J., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 697
Pages: 537–541

Head Matter:
Kasia DALZELL, Appellant, v. MERCY HOSPITAL and Multi-Line Claims Service, Appellees.
No. 96-4616.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
June 25, 1997.
Rehearing Denied July 31, 1997.
Steven M. Dunn of Dunn & Johnson, P.A., Miami, for Appellant.
Robert L. Teitler of Walton Lantaff Schroeder & Carson, Miami, for Appellees.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The JCC was entitled to reject the opinion of the only physician who testified that the claimant's disability was work-related. This witness, a Dr. Wand, formed his opinion without the benefit of existing base line information (which he did look over af-terwards). Even more disconcerting, Dr. Wand certified that the claimant's problems were not job-related in submitting bills to her health insurer. His testimony as to causation was impeached on this basis. The JCC was under no legal obligation to accept Dr. Wand's self-serving explanation for the inconsistent positions he took.
Affirmed.
BARFIELD, C.J., and BENTON, J., concur.
ERVIN, J., dissents with opinion.