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Prewitt v. Principal Health Care

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
Feb 28, 2000
752 So. 2d 96 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)

Opinion

No. 1D99-1391.

Opinion filed February 28, 2000.

An appeal from an order of the Judge of Compensation Claims, Alan M. Kuker, Judge.

Jeffrey S. Breslow of Druckman Breslow, P.A., Miami, for Appellant.

Lawrence E. Root of Kelley, Kronenberg, Kelley, Gilmartin, Fichtel Wander, P.A., Miami Lakes, for Appellees.


In this workers' compensation case, we affirm the denial of benefits based upon the finding that claimant's work was not the major contributing cause of her bilateral carpel tunnel syndrome. However, we reverse the denial of benefits based upon the finding that claimant's work did not produce a disabling aggravation of a preexisting, asymptomatic, condition, and remand for further consideration in light of our decision in J J Enterprises v. Oweis, 733 So.2d 1149 (Fla. 1st DCA 1999). We note that the judge of compensation claims did not have the benefit of that opinion when called upon to decide this matter.

AFFIRMED IN PART; REVERSED IN PART; and REMANDED, with directions.

KAHN, WEBSTER and PADOVANO, JJ., CONCUR.


Summaries of

Prewitt v. Principal Health Care

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
Feb 28, 2000
752 So. 2d 96 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)
Case details for

Prewitt v. Principal Health Care

Case Details

Full title:THERESA PREWITT, Appellant, v. PRINCIPAL HEALTH CARE and ST. PAUL FIRE…

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District

Date published: Feb 28, 2000

Citations

752 So. 2d 96 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)

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