Alston v. Etcetera Janitorial Services

ALLEN, Judge.

The claimant appeals a workers’ compensation order, arguing that the judge should have applied the logical cause doctrine. The claimant maintains that she presented a prima facie case so as to invoke the doctrine in accordance with Schafrath v. Marco Bay Resort, 608 So.2d 97 (Fla. 1st DCA 1992), and Johnson v. Koffee Kettle Restaurant, 125 So.2d 297 (Fla.1960). But while the broad language in Schafrath and Johnson addressed the burden of proof which generally pertains in workers’ compensation cases, the decisions do not compel application of the doctrine merely upon a prima facie…