Walters v. State-DOC/Division of Risk Management

On this appeal of the order of a judge of compensation claims denying all benefits claimed on account of Jimmy Walters’s heart disease, we reverse and remand for the award of medical benefits for the care and treatment of his heart disease and of any other workers’ compensation benefits he may be entitled to on account of his heart disease.

Section 112.18, Florida Statutes (2009) — variously known as the “Firefighter’s Presumption,” the “Heart and Lung Bill” or the “Heart-Lung Statute,” see 9 Patrick John McGinley, Fla. Prac. Workers’ Comp, with Forms § 11:6 (2012 ed.) — creates a rebuttable…