Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1990

Simon Sez, Inc. v. Ferrer

Simon Sez, Inc. v. Ferrer
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided September 27, 1990 · Barfield, Smith, Wigginton
567 So. 2d 51; 1990 Fla. App. LEXIS 7416; 1990 WL 141895 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Simon Sez, Inc. v. Ferrer

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Appellants, the employer and carrier, challenge the award of temporary partial disability (TPD) benefits and medical care. We agree with appellant that the claimant failed to prove her injury was an occupational disease. The fact that appellant did not object to the treating physician’s statement that carpal tunnel syndrome, the claimant’s injury in this case, is often an occupational disease did not satisfy the claimant's burden of proof set forth in section 440.151, Florida Statutes (1987). See Broward Industrial Plating, Inc. v. Weiby, 394 So.2d 1117 (Fla. 1st DCA 1981). However, the alternative basis given for recovery, repeated trauma under Festa v. Teleflex, Inc., 382 So.2d 122 (Fla. 1st DCA 1980) is supported by competent and substantial evidence. Accordingly, the order of compensation is AFFIRMED.

SMITH, WIGGINTON and BARFIELD, JJ., concur.

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