VOLUSIA COUNTY FIRE SERVICES v. TAAFFE

No. 1D07-5699.

27 So.3d 81 (2009)

VOLUSIA COUNTY FIRE SERVICES and County Risk Management, Appellants, v. Patrick TAAFFE, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied February 5, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancye R. Jones, DeLand, for Appellants.

Geoffrey Bichler of Bichler & Kelley, P.A., Winter Park, for Appellee.


PER CURIAM.

The employer/carrier (E/C), Volusia County Fire Services and County Risk Management, raises one dispositive issue on appeal, whether the Judge of Compensation Claims (JCC) erred by determining Claimant's hypertension was compensable under the presumption created by section 112.18(1), Florida Statutes (2005). We agree and reverse.

Claimant entered into service as a firefighter in July 1992 with the Cedar...

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