Opinion
1D2023-0638
06-05-2024
Daniel Murphy, Appellant, v. Polk County Board of County Commissioners, and Commercial Risk Management, Appellees.
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.
Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331.
Date of Accident: July 10, 2015.
On appeal from the Office of the Judges of Compensation Claims. Brian J. Anthony, Judge.
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.
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.