Case Name: WUESTHOFF MEMORIAL HOSPITAL and Johns Eastern Co., Inc., Appellants, v. Patty SCHMITT, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1997-06-04
Citations: 694 So. 2d 145
Docket Number: No. 96-4135
Parties: WUESTHOFF MEMORIAL HOSPITAL and Johns Eastern Co., Inc., Appellants, v. Patty SCHMITT, Appellee.
Judges: BARFIELD, C.J., and ERVIN and KAHN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 694
Pages: 145–146

Head Matter:
WUESTHOFF MEMORIAL HOSPITAL and Johns Eastern Co., Inc., Appellants, v. Patty SCHMITT, Appellee.
No. 96-4135.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
June 4, 1997.
Bruce T. McKinley of Wohn & McKinley, P.A., Cocoa, for Appellants.
Thomas E. Thoburn, Cocoa and Bill McCabe, Longwood, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This case involves authorization and payment for past and future medical care for a workers' compensation claimant. The Judge of Compensation Claims (JCC) erroneously relied on section 440.13(3)(d), Florida Statutes (Supp.1994), because this section applies only to requests from doctors for referrals to other doctors and not to requests by employees. Wal Mart Stores, Inc. v. Mann, 690 So.2d 649 (Fla. 1st DCA 1997). The error is harmless because competent substantial evidence supports the order without regard to section 440.13(3)(d). See § 440.13(2)(c), Fla. Stat. (Supp.1994); Mehrer v. Creative Hairdressers, Inc., 659 So.2d 333 (Fla. 1st DCA 1995); Miller v. State Dep't of Transp., 679 So.2d 854 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996).
AFFIRMED.
BARFIELD, C.J., and ERVIN and KAHN, JJ., concur.