Workers' Compensation
Listed below is McConnaughhay, Coonrod, Pope, Weaver & Stern, P.A.'s workers' compensation case law database. The database dates back until 1971 and includes over 5500 workers' compensation court decisions.
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Dean Jaye Const. v. Johnson By and Through Johnson
486 So.2d 664, 11 Fla. L. Week. 868, (Fla.App. 1 Dist., Apr 10, 1986)
Claimant suffered second heart attack after suffering original compensable heart attack. Second heart attack caused claimant's demise. Court denied death benefits to claimant's beneficiaries since there was no showing that death resulted from compensable heart attack. Court rejected logical cause rule in establishing compensability of death benefits claimed since there was no initial showing of a logical cause for the heart attack resulting from the injury.Claimant exposed to fumes on job prior to suffering heart attack. According to medical testimony fumes "could have precipitated a miocardial infarction". Court determined that claimant had compensable heart attack.