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HERRERA v. ATLANTIC INTERIOR CONST.

No. 1D99-2074.

772 So.2d 587 (2000)

Jose HERRERA, Appellant, v. ATLANTIC INTERIOR CONSTRUCTION and Humana Workers' Compensation Services, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

December 1, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian Guralnick, West Palm Beach; Matthew Haynes, Palm Beach; and Randy D. Ellison, West Palm Beach, for Appellant.

Kimberly A. Hill of Conroy, Simberg & Ganon, P.A., Hollywood, for Appellees.

PER CURIAM.

In this workers' compensation case, the claimant seeks review of an order denying a request for authorization of bilateral hip replacements. The judge of compensation claims found that the hip replacements were necessitated by bilateral avascular necrosis, which "was caused, at least in part, by the habitual use of alcohol." He then applied section 440.02(1), Florida Statutes (1995), which, in pertinent part,

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