Daniel Murphy v. Polk County Board of County Commissioners, and Commercial Risk Management

Opinion

FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA

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No. 1D2023-0638

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DANIEL MURPHY,

Appellant,

v.

POLK COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, and COMMERCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT,

Appellees.

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On appeal from the Office of the Judges of Compensation Claims. Brian J. Anthony, Judge.

Date of Accident: July 10, 2015.

June 5, 2024

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED. See Checkers Rest. v. Wiethoff, 925 So. 2d 348, 351 (Fla. 1st DCA 2006) (en banc) (“[S]ection 440.20(4) does not preclude the E/C from challenging the claimant’s entitlement to benefits, by contending that the injuries resulting from the industrial accident were not the MCC [major contributing cause] of the claimant’s need for further treatment or surgery.”).

B.L. THOMAS, BILBREY, and TANENBAUM, JJ., concur.

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Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331.

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Bradley G. Smith of Smith, Feddler & Smith P.A., Lakeland; Thomas Warren Sculco and Shannon McLin of Florida Appeals, Orlando, for Appellant.

Thomas Vecchio of Vecchio, Carrier, Feldman & Johannessen, P.A., Lakeland, for Appellees.