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 Ft. Lauderdale v. Lindie

496 So.2d 168, 11 Fla. L. Week. 2028, (Fla.App. 1 Dist., Sep 23, 1986)

Claimant a paramedic treated an accident victim and thereafter developed Herpes Simplex I. Since there was no evidence that the accident victim had this disease court ruled that there was no adequate causal connection shown between the treatment of the patient and the development of the disease. Benefits denied. Court refused to follow the "logical cause" rule in finding compenability of claim.