Legal Opinion

Ross v. Charlotte County Public Schools

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided November 13, 2012No. 1D12-2064PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Per curiam

In this workers’ compensation appeal,. Claimant argues that the Judge of Compensation Claims (JCC) applied an incorrect test to determine the compensability of Claimant’s injury — the “increased hazard” test — and also erred in failing to find *782that the wall against which Claimant fell was an increased hazard. Because we reverse the order on appeal based upon Claimant’s first issue alone, we decline to comment on Claimant’s second issue on appeal.

Neither the JCC nor the parties had the benefit of this court’s recent decisions in Caputo v. ABC Fine Wine & Spirits, 93 So.3d 1097 (Fla. 1st DCA…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Caputo v. ABC Fine Wine & SpiritsDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2012
  2. Bryant v. David Lawrence Mental Health CenterDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1996
  3. Walker v. Broadview Assisted LivingDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2012

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Ackley v. Labor CommissionCourt of Appeals of Utah · 2021
  2. Lopez v. All Star Investigations, Inc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 2013
  3. Sedgwick CMS and The Hartford/Sedgwick CMS v. Tammitha Valcourt-WilliamsDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2019
  4. Sedgwick CMS and The Hartford/Sedgwick CMS v. Tammitha Valcourt-WilliamsDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2019

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