City of Miami v. Fraternal Order of Police, Miami Lodge 20, Health Insurance Trust

LEVY, Judge.

Defendant appeals an adverse Summary Final Judgment entered in a Declaratory Judgment action. We reverse.

The Fraternal Order of Police, Miami Lodge 20, Health Insurance Trust (the Trust) administers a program of group health and life insurance for certain subscribers, one of whom was police officer Antonio Perez, who suffered chest pains and ultimately underwent cardiac bypass surgery for heart disease during the course of his employment with the City of Miami. Perez claimed workers’ compensation benefits under the statute for these problems. When the City declined to pay this…