Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1992

Egan v. Florida Atlantic University

Egan v. Florida Atlantic University
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided December 10, 1992 · Allen, Webster, Wolf
610 So. 2d 585; 1992 Fla. App. LEXIS 12508; 1992 WL 362201 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Egan v. Florida Atlantic University

Opinion of the Court

ALLEN, Judge.

In this workers’ compensation appeal the parties dispute the effect of an amendment to section 440.02(1), Florida Statutes (1990), by which the word “stress” was included in the statutory provision that “mental or nervous injury due to stress, fright or excitement only ..-. shall be deemed not to be an injury by accident arising out of the employment.” We conclude that this amendment was merely a codification and affirmation of the existing case law, as reflected in decisions such as LaFave v. Bay Consolidated Distributors, 546 So.2d 78 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989). Mental or nervous injuries occasioned solely by stress, without any contributing physical injury, are not compensable. See City of Holmes Beach v. Grace, 598 So.2d 71 (Fla. 1992).

The appealed order is affirmed.

WOLF and WEBSTER, JJ., concur.

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