Court Opinion

ID: 9652952
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 17:36:04.496013+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:12:55.411468
License: Public Domain

BROWNING, J.,
concurring.
If I could write on a “blank slate,” I would reverse and remand with directions that the JCC enter an order awarding Claimant PTD. E/C, as a trial tactic, limited the scope of its expert’s testimony to physical job availability with specific instructions that vocational factors be ignored. Because the JCC found Claimant’s expert credible, but “less persuasive” than E/C’s expert, there is no basis on remand for any order other than one awarding PTD. E/C had its chance to present competent evidence, failed to do so, and it should not be given an opportunity to further avoid this claim. Accordingly, I concur but would prefer to do so with a remand on a different basis from that provided by the majority opinion.