BREVARD COUNTY SCHOOL BD. v. ACOSTA

No. 1D13-4503.

141 So.3d 233 (2014)

BREVARD COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD and Sedgwick Claims Services, Appellants, v. Maria ACOSTA, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied July 7, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Rogner of Hurley, Rogner, Miller, Cox, Waranch & Westcott, P.A., Winter Park, for Appellants.

Susan W. Fox of Fox & Loquasto, P.A., Orlando, Richard W. Ervin, III , of Fox & Loquasto, P.A., Tallahassee, and Dennis D. Smejkal of the Law Office of Dennis Dean Smejkal, P.A., Orlando, for Appellee.


PER CURIAM.

In this workers' compensation appeal, the Employer/Carrier (E/C) challenges a determination by the Judge of Compensation Claims (JCC) that surgical repair of Claimant's left shoulder condition is compensable based on the hindrance-to-recovery doctrine. Because we agree that the JCC misapplied the doctrine, we reverse.

The E/C in this case accepted compensability of Claimant's February 7, 2012, right shoulder injury, but denied responsibility for...

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