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cost of the diagnostic test in Florida

11 Florida opinions name it 1 courts 1986–2016 0 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Florida courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (7)

CaseFollowedCited
Nealy v. City of West Palm Beachgreen
fladistctapp · 1986 · cited in 8 Florida opinions naming this issue, 1988–2016
2 sentences

2016Palm Beach, 491 So.2d 585, 586 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986) (“Whenever the purpose of the diagnostic test is to determine the cause of a claimant’s symptoms, which symptoms may be related to a compensable accident, the cost of the diagnostic test is compensable.”); see also Superior Concrete Constr. v. Olsen, 616 So.2d 183, 183 (Fla. 1st DCA 1993); Perry v. Ridgecrest Int'l, 548 So.2d 826, 827-28 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989).

1990In Nealy v. City of West Palm Beach, 491 So.2d 585 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986), this court stated: “Whenever the purpose of the diagnostic test is to determine the cause of a claimant’s symptoms, which symptoms may be related to a compensable accident, the cost of the diagnostic test is compensable.” Employer/carrier correctly note that the cited cases did not involve, as this one does, the absence of a prior determination or stipulation that a compensable accident had occurred.

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Sanchez v. Security Sales Co.green
fladistctapp · 1988 · cited in 3 Florida opinions naming this issue, 1988–1989
2 sentences

1989Furthermore, when "the purpose of a diagnostic test is to determine the cause of a claimant's symptoms, which symptoms may be related to a compensable accident, the cost of the diagnostic test is compensable." Sumner v. Gardinier, Inc., 526 So.2d 1068, 1070 (Fla. 1st DCA 1988); Sanchez v. Security Sales Co., 522 So.2d 435, 436 (Fla. 1st DCA 1988), quoting Nealy v. City of West Palm Beach, 491 So.2d 585, 586 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986).

1988"Whenever the purpose of the diagnostic test is to determine the cause of claimant's symptoms, which symptoms may be related to a compensable accident, the cost of the diagnostic test is compensable." Sanchez v. Security Sales Co., 522 So.2d 435, 436 (Fla. 1st DCA 1988) (quoting Nealy v. City of West Palm Beach, 491 So.2d 585, 586 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986)).

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Perry v. Ridgecrest Internationalgreen
fladistctapp · 1989 · cited in 2 Florida opinions naming this issue, 1994–2016
2 sentences

2016Palm Beach, 491 So.2d 585, 586 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986) (“Whenever the purpose of the diagnostic test is to determine the cause of a claimant’s symptoms, which symptoms may be related to a compensable accident, the cost of the diagnostic test is compensable.”); see also Superior Concrete Constr. v. Olsen, 616 So.2d 183, 183 (Fla. 1st DCA 1993); Perry v. Ridgecrest Int'l, 548 So.2d 826, 827-28 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989).

1994Perry v. Ridgecrest Int'l, 548 So.2d 826 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989); Green v. Chromalloy-Turbocumbustor, 540 So.2d 874 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989); Hamilton v. Early Bird Stud Farms, 540 So.2d 134 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989).

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Superior Concrete Construction v. Olsengreen
fladistctapp · 1993 · cited in 1 Florida opinions naming this issue, 2016–2016
1 sentence

2016Palm Beach, 491 So.2d 585, 586 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986) (“Whenever the purpose of the diagnostic test is to determine the cause of a claimant’s symptoms, which symptoms may be related to a compensable accident, the cost of the diagnostic test is compensable.”); see also Superior Concrete Constr. v. Olsen, 616 So.2d 183, 183 (Fla. 1st DCA 1993); Perry v. Ridgecrest Int'l, 548 So.2d 826, 827-28 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989).

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Scott v. Bisanti Services, Inc.green
fladistctapp · 1994 · cited in 1 Florida opinions naming this issue, 2004–2004
1 sentence

2004This court has previously held that "[w]henever the purpose of a diagnostic test is to determine the cause of a claimant's symptoms, which symptoms may be related to a compensable accident, the cost of the diagnostic test is compensable, even if it should later be determined that the claimant suffered from both compensable and noncompensable conditions." Scott v. Bisanti Servs., Inc., 634 So.2d 292, 294 (Fla. 1st DCA 1994); see also Prince v. Prince Ins.

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Sullivan v. Stategreen
fladistctapp · 1988 · cited in 1 Florida opinions naming this issue, 1989–1989
1 sentence

1989Furthermore, when "the purpose of a diagnostic test is to determine the cause of a claimant's symptoms, which symptoms may be related to a compensable accident, the cost of the diagnostic test is compensable." Sumner v. Gardinier, Inc., 526 So.2d 1068, 1070 (Fla. 1st DCA 1988); Sanchez v. Security Sales Co., 522 So.2d 435, 436 (Fla. 1st DCA 1988), quoting Nealy v. City of West Palm Beach, 491 So.2d 585, 586 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986).

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Abbott v. Price Plumbing, Inc.green
fladistctapp · 1987 · cited in 1 Florida opinions naming this issue, 1988–1988
1 sentence

1988See also Abbott v. Price Plumbing Inc., and F.C.C.I., 500 So.2d 698 (Fla. 1st DCA 1987), and cases cited within.

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Florida. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (5)

CaseCitedYears
Boykin v. American Marine Products, Inc. green
fladistctapp · 1981
2 sentences

1989Sanchez v. Security Sales Company, 522 So.2d 435 (Fla. 1st DCA 1988); Nealy v. City of West Palm Beach, 491 So.2d 585 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986); Boykin v. American Marine Products, Inc., 395 So.2d 1163 (Fla. 1st DCA 1981).

1986Boykin v. American Marine Products, Inc., 395 So.2d 1163 (Fla. 1st DCA 1981).

21986–1989
Prince v. PRINCE INS. SERVICES green
fladistctapp · 1990
1 sentence

2004Servs., 556 So.2d 1195 (Fla. 1st DCA 1990).

12004–2004
Hamilton v. Early Bird Stud Farms neutral
fladistctapp · 1989
1 sentence

1994Perry v. Ridgecrest Int'l, 548 So.2d 826 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989); Green v. Chromalloy-Turbocumbustor, 540 So.2d 874 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989); Hamilton v. Early Bird Stud Farms, 540 So.2d 134 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989).

11994–1994
Green v. Chromalloy-Turbocumbustor green
fladistctapp · 1989
1 sentence

1994Perry v. Ridgecrest Int'l, 548 So.2d 826 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989); Green v. Chromalloy-Turbocumbustor, 540 So.2d 874 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989); Hamilton v. Early Bird Stud Farms, 540 So.2d 134 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989).

11994–1994
Copeland Steel Erectors v. Miles neutral
fladistctapp · 1986
1 sentence

1988In the case of Copeland Steel Erectors v. Miles, 483 So.2d 107 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986), this court held that a claimant who injured his lower back in a compensable accident and subsequently developed a thyroid nodule was entitled to diagnostic evaluation by an endocrinologist to determine whether a causal relationship existed between the thyroid nodule and the compensable injury.

11988–1988

Statutes the citing opinions construe

FL § 440.13 (3)

Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.

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