Wiggs Construction v. Knowles
District Court of Appeal of Florida
1Opinion of the Court
WENTWORTH, Judge.
Appellants employer/servicing agent seek review of a workers’ compensation order finding the claimant suffered a heart attack in the course of and arising out of his employment, and awarding him compensation benefits, medical bills and attorney’s fees.
Appellants contend the appellee failed to prove his heart attack was caused by work activities that were not routine to his job. We affirm, finding that on the day of ap-pellee’s injury he performed work that was not routine to the job for which he was hired.
Appellee, a 58-year-old carpenter, suffered a myocardial infarction on…
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- Skinner v. First Florida Bldg. Corp.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1986
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