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SINGLETARY v. MANGHAM CONST. CO., INC.

No. AI-78.

418 So.2d 1138 (1982)

Kenneth SINGLETARY, Appellant, v. MANGHAM CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC. and Aetna Life & Casualty Company, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied September 9, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Stone, Madison, for appellant.

James N. McConnaughhay of McConnaughhay & Roland, P.A., Tallahassee, for appellee.

MILLS, Judge.

Singletary appeals the deputy commissioner's denial of temporary total disability benefits for aggravation of a prior work-related injury. We reverse.

The issue here is whether Singletary's act of stepping 16 to 18 inches off of a van was sufficient to break the chain of causation from a prior work-related injury.

Singletary was employed by Mangham Construction Company on 23 January 1980 when he was injured on the job. The compensability...

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