Dean Jaye Construction v. Johnson ex rel. Johnson

This cause is before us on appeal from a workers’ compensation order awarding deceased temporary total disability benefits and statutory survivor’s benefits. The issues presented are: (1) whether there is competent, substantial evidence to support the deputy commissioner’s finding that exposure to urethane fumes was a contributing cause of deceased’s October 23, 1980, heart attack; and (2) whether there is competent, substantial evidence to support the deputy’s award of death benefits as a result of deceased’s second heart attack four years after the first heart attack.

Deceased, a 58-year-old…