CITY OF LAKELAND v. CUSHMAN

No. AU-269.

445 So.2d 1128 (1984)

CITY OF LAKELAND and Home Insurance Company, Appellant, v. Carl H. CUSHMAN, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

March 1, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Michael McCarthy, Lakeland, for appellant.

Eugene W. Harris of Smith, Cassidy, Platt & Harris, P.A., Lakeland, for appellee.


MILLS, Judge.

The employer and carrier (E/C) contend in this appeal that the deputy commissioner's finding that Cushman's heart attack was causally related to a prior compensable injury is not supported by competent substantial evidence. We affirm.

Cushman was employed as a police officer with the City of Lakeland when, on 5 July 1980, he suffered a compensable injury. On that date, Cushman was pursuing a criminal suspect when the suspect shot him and beat...

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