MIAMI-DADE COUNTY v. MITCHELL

No. 1D14-1446.

159 So.3d 172 (2015)

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Appellant, v. Thomasena MITCHELL, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied March 6, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R.A. Cuevas, Jr. , Miami-Dade County Attorney, and Daron S. Fitch , Assistant County Attorney, Miami, for Appellant.

Wendy S. Loquasto of Fox & Loquasto, P.A., Tallahassee, and Paolo Longo of Bichler, Kelley, Oliver & Longo, Maitland, for Appellee.


In this workers' compensation appeal, the Employer challenges the Judge of Compensation Claims' (JCC's) determination that it failed to sufficiently rebut the presumption of occupational causation afforded Claimant, a law enforcement officer, under section 112.18(1)(a), Florida Statutes (2012). The Employer argues that the JCC ignored or overlooked...

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