CITY OF OPA LOCKA v. QUINLAN

No. AV-21.

451 So.2d 965 (1984)

CITY OF OPA LOCKA, Appellant, v. Thomas J. QUINLAN, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied June 27, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Ginsburg, Dade County Atty., Miami, and William L. Petros, Asst. County Atty., for appellant.

Albert E. Harum, Jr., Miami, for appellee.


WIGGINTON, Judge.

The City of Opa Locka, a self-insured employer, appeals the deputy commissioner's order finding appellee's heart attack compensable under chapter 440, Florida Statutes. We reverse.

On July 23, 1982, appellee, a forty-seven year old police sergeant, suffered a heart attack at work. The record shows that appellee's job as a police officer includes many administrative supervisory duties, but he also goes out "on the street" for a period each...

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