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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Keener Const. Co. v. Simpson

578 So.2d 1137, 16 Fla. L. Week. 1224, (Fla.App. 1 Dist., Apr 29, 1991)

Court determined that there was a lack of evidence showing a causal relationship between the employee's death from lung cancer and exposure to asbestos.The presumptions of compensability as found in Section 440.26 F.S. do not apply to a claim for an occupational disease.