Rucker v. City of Ocala

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• holding that injured employee's right to receive workers' compensation is protected by due process
• explaining that a property interest implicates due process protections, including notice and an opportunity to be heard
• holding claimant’s due process rights were not violated by statute excluding testimony by unauthorized treating physician, in part because claimant had other options, such as seeking an IME
• claimant could have requested chiropractic IME, if orthopedic surgeon was unqualified to give opinion concerning chiropractic care
• “An injured employee’s right to receive workers’ compensation benefits qualifies as such a property interest.”
• claimant's due process rights not violated by statutory provision excluding testimony by unauthorized treating physicians, in part because claimant has the option of seeking a physician to perform an IME

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).