Case Name: MAYO CLINIC and Johns Eastern Insurance Company, Appellants, v. Sheila TOMBLIN, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1998-07-20
Citations: 715 So. 2d 1016
Docket Number: No. 97-3918
Parties: MAYO CLINIC and Johns Eastern Insurance Company, Appellants, v. Sheila TOMBLIN, Appellee.
Judges: BENTON, VAN NORTWICK, and PADOVANO, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 715
Pages: 1016–1016

Head Matter:
MAYO CLINIC and Johns Eastern Insurance Company, Appellants, v. Sheila TOMBLIN, Appellee.
No. 97-3918.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
July 20, 1998.
Rehearing Denied Aug. 27, 1998.
Richard M. Stoudemire and Jeremy B. Akel of Cole, Stone, Stoudemire & Morgan, P.A., Jacksonville, for Appellants.
W. Marc Hardesty of Hardesty & Tyde, P.A., Jacksonville, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The judge of compensation claims ("JCC") ordered that "[pjayment of all past psychological treatment shall be born[e] by the Employer/Carrier." As far as the record reflects, Sheila Tomblin did not request authorization for psychological treatment until December 4, 1995. See § 440.13(2)(d), Fla. Stat. (Supp.1990); see also Martin County Bd. of County Comm'rs v. Jones, 595 So.2d 125, 127 (Fla. 1st DCA 1992) (holding that an employer has no liability for medical treatment "without authorization or the need for emergency treatment"). We therefore modify the JCC's order to apply only to psychological treatment that occurred after December 4, 1995, and remand for the JCC to determine exactly which medical bills the appellants must pay. In all other respects, we affirm.
BENTON, VAN NORTWICK, and PADOVANO, JJ., concur.