Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1982

Indian River County Sheriff's Department v. Roske

Indian River County Sheriff's Department v. Roske
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided August 13, 1982 · Joanos, Smith, Thompson
417 So. 2d 1161; 1982 Fla. App. LEXIS 20874 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)
Indian River County Sheriff's Department v. Roske

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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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