City of Maitland v. Heatwole

ZEHMER, Judge.

The City of Maitland and the Florida League of Cities appeal a workers’ compensation order ruling that claimant Robert Heatwole’s heart attack is compensable and that appellants are responsible for payment of compensation benefits. Claimant, a lieutenant with the City of Maitland Police Department, was working within his jurisdiction while on duty when he heard a radio call dispatching a Seminole County Sheriffs Department deputy to the scene of an alleged fight. Aware that he was the closest patrol vehicle to the scene and that the deputy sheriff had no available backup,…