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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City of Temple Terrace v. Bailey
481 So.2d 49
Where depositions provide the dispositive portion of the evidence in a case the appellate court is in as good a position as the deputy commissioner to evaluate the facts.Court determined that presumption of compensability for heart disease to fireman as found in Section 112.18(1) F.S. was rebutted by uncontroverted medical opinions that claimant's heart condition was not related to his employment. All doctors agreed that claimant's heart condition was due to the natural progression of a congenital heart disease. The statutory presumption as found in Section 112.18 prevails in cases where the medical evidence is conflicting and the quantum of proof is balanced. In this case however the evidence was uncontroverted that claimant's heart condition was not related to his employment.
