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Moya v Trucks and Parts

This December 20, 2012 1DCA decision affirmed Judge Jenkins JCC opinion. The issue being tried was authorization for an MRI of the right shoulder. 


In a final hearing in 2009, the JCC ruled that the claimant was at MMI for the right shoulder and that no further treatment to the right shoulder was needed.  



In 2012, the claimant was given a prescription for an MRI of the right shoulder and filed a PFB for same. The EC denied the MRI request and filed a motion for summary final order raising the defense of res judicata.  


The sole issue raised by the claimant was that the issue was not appropriate for a summary final order.  The Claimant submitted no affidavits, depositions, or other evidence to substantiate a material issue of fact that would preclude application of res judicata to his claim. Instead, he merely suggested the existence of such facts, providing no supporting evidence as required by rule 60Q-6.120(3), and represented that the treating doctor's deposition would be set, but gave no date or timeframe, and sought no extension of time. 


The JCC ruled the JCC appropriately entered a summary final order because Claimant failed to demonstrate a material factual issue precluding application of res judicata based on the January 2009 order.


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