Legal Opinion

Pic 'N Save v. Parker

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided January 15, 2002No. 1D00-3742PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Per curiam

In this workers’ compensation case, the record does not support a finding that Claimant’s pancreatitis is a disease that naturally or unavoidably results from her compensable back injury. See § 440.02(17), Fla. Stat. (1994). Claimant’s position that pain from the accident caused her to consume alcohol, thereby resulting in pancreatitis, is not a basis for compensa-bility. We distinguish cases involving drug addiction as a result of an industrial accident. See Capps v. Buena Vista Construction Co., 786 So.2d 71 (Fla. 1st DCA 2001). In the instant case, Claimant was selfmedicating with alcohol,…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Capps v. Buena Vista Construction Co.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 2001

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Pic N Save v. ParkerDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2002

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