City of Jacksonville v. Ratliff

THOMAS, M.K., J.

In this workers’ compensation appeal, the Employer/Carrier (E/C) challenges an order awarding the Claimant, a firefighter, entitlement to compensability of his heart condition and related medical treatment under the “heart-lung” statute, section 112.18, Florida Statutes (2014). The Claimant did not appeal the JCC’s denial of compensability of an alleged hypertension condition. We affirm in result because we find the E/C failed to sustain its burden of proof in one respect, but write to clarify application of section 112.18(1) regarding the shifting burdens of proof and…