Indian River County Sheriff's Department v. Roske

Florida District Courts of Appeal
Indian River County Sheriff's Department v. Roske, 417 So. 2d 1161 (1982)
1982 Fla. App. LEXIS 20874
Joanos, Smith, Thompson

Indian River County Sheriff's Department v. Roske

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

The employer/carrier (E/C) appeal a workers’ compensation order finding that claimant sustained a compensable emotional injury on February 6, 1981.

There must be an actual physical injury or trauma upon which to predicate compensation for a neurosis. See Superior Mill Work v. Gabel, 89 So.2d 794 (Fla. 1956); Williams v. Hillsborough County School Board, 389 So.2d 1218 (Fla. 1st DCA 1980), pet. for rev. den., 397 So.2d 780 (Fla. 1981); Sunland Training Center — Miami v. Johnson, 9 FCR 172, cert. den. 315 So.2d 477 (Fla. 1975). There is no competent substantial evidence to show that claimant suffered a physical injury or trauma which precipitated her mental condition. The finding of compensability is therefore reversed.

LARRY G. SMITH, JOANOS and THOMPSON, JJ., concur.

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Full Case Name
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT v. Marlene ROSKE
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Status
Published