A judge of compensation claims has no independent duty to appoint an expert medical advisor to resolve disagreements over medical evidence.Case: Quiroga v. First Baptist Church at Weston, No. 1D12-2976, 01/16/2013, published.Facts: Alvaro Quiroga suffered an industrial injury in the course of his employment with the First Baptist Church at Weston in March 2009.During the proceedings on his claim for compensation before Kathryn S. Pecko, Quiroga never requested the appointment of an expert medical advisor to resolve the disagreement between the parties' medical experts.Pecko credited the de...
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