Miami-Dade County v. Davis

Miami-Dade County appeals an order of the judge of compensation claims finding the County responsible for workers’ compensation benefits on account of William A. Davis’s heart disease, on the purported authority of section 112.18(1), Florida Statutes (2001). On the facts of the present case, which include the undisputed diagnosis of heart disease at the time of a preem-ployment physical, the judge of compensation claims erred in ruling Mr. Davis’s preexisting heart disease compensable. The statute gave rise to no presumption of compensability and, without the presumption, the facts rule out…