Opinion
No. 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.
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.