EGAN v. FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY

No. 91-4116.

610 So.2d 585 (1992)

Miriam EGAN, Appellant, v. FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY and Division of Risk Management, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied January 20, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter S. Schwedock, P.A., Miami, for appellant.

Kent S. Pratt and Thomas M. Bates of Gaunt, Pratt & Radford, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellees.


ALLEN, Judge.

In this workers' compensation appeal the parties dispute the effect of an amendment to section 440.02(1), Florida Statutes (1990), by which the word "stress" was included in the statutory provision that "mental or nervous injury due to stress, fright or excitement only ... shall be deemed not to be an injury by accident arising out of the employment." We conclude that this amendment was merely a codification and affirmation of the existing case law,...

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