Julio De La Rosa v. Cheney Brothers, Inc., and Clarendon National Insurance Company

• Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida
• Decided: April 9, 2019
• Docket: 17-2948
• Status: Published

Opinion

FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________

No. 1D17-2948 _____________________________

JULIO DE LA ROSA,

Appellant,

v.

CHENEY BROTHERS, INC., and CLARENDON NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY,

Appellees. _____________________________

On appeal from an order of the Judge of Compensation Claims. Wilbur W. Anderson, Judge.

Date of Accident: November 18, 2002.

April 9, 2019

PER CURIAM.

In this workers’ compensation case, the Claimant appeals an order of the Judge of Compensation Claims (“JCC”) denying his claim for continued palliative care for a November 2002 injury. He claims the JCC reversibly erred in finding the E/C satisfied its burden of proving a break in the causal chain and by failing to find waiver by the E/C under section 440.20(4), Florida Statutes. We disagree and affirm. See Teco Energy, Inc. v. Williams, 234 So. 3d 816 (Fla. 1st DCA 2017). AFFIRMED.

OSTERHAUS, WINOKUR, and M.K. THOMAS, 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. _____________________________

Manuel G. Franco, Tampa, and Bill McCabe, Longwood, for Appellant.

Robert B. Griffis of Jones, Hurley & Hand, P.A., Orlando, for Appellees.