FLORIDA STATE HOSPITAL v. POTTER

No. TT-157.

391 So.2d 322 (1980)

FLORIDA STATE HOSPITAL and Division of Risk Management, Appellants, v. Emaline POTTER, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied January 12, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas F. Woods of Woods, Johnston & Erwin, Tallahassee, for appellants.

Ben R. Patterson of Patterson & Traynham, Tallahassee, for appellee.


THOMPSON, Judge.

The employer challenges a worker's compensation Order, contending that the Deputy Commissioner ("the Deputy") erred in determining that the claimant's illness was an occupational disease within the meaning of § 440.151, Florida Statutes. We agree and reverse.

The claimant was employed as a psychiatric aide at Florida State Hospital for 14 years. In the fall of 1977, she underwent a tuberculosis skin test. Although this test was positive...

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