MIAMI-DADE COUNTY v. DAVIS

No. 1D07-1073.

26 So.3d 13 (2009)

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Appellant, v. William A. DAVIS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied January 22, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R.A. Cuevas, Jr., County Attorney, Douglas W. Rice, Monica Rizo, and Diamela del Castillo, Assistant County Attorneys, for Appellant.

Richard A. Sicking, Coral Gables, for Appellee.


BENTON, J.

Miami-Dade County appeals an order of the judge of compensation claims finding the County responsible for workers' compensation benefits on account of William A. Davis's heart disease, on the purported authority of section 112.18(1), Florida Statutes (2001). On the facts of the present case, which include the undisputed diagnosis of heart disease at the time of a preemployment physical, the judge of compensation claims erred in ruling Mr. Davis's preexisting...

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