ANNA SILVER, ANNA GEBERTZ, LEONARD BURACK, GEORGE G. WHITNEY, KENNETH OKA, WINIFRED H. DUBOIS, RALPH TYMON, BEN MILLER, HELEN TRAMMELL, APPELLANTS,

v.

CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

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• Michels v. Orange Cnty. Fire/Rescue & Johns E. Co., Inc., 819 So. 2d 158 (Fla. 1st DCA 2002)
  …la. 1st DCA 1997) (holding disability occurs when a claimant becomes actually incapacitated, partially or totally, from performing work in the last occupation in which he was exposed to the hazards of the disease); Sledge v. City of Fort Lauderdale, 497 So. 2d 1231, 1233 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986) (holding disablement occurs when the employee is actually incapacitated, partially or totally from performing his employment); Hillsborough County Sch. Bd. v. Christopher, 790 So. 2d 1267, 1268 (Fla. 1st DCA 2001) (holding…
• City OF Mary Esther & Fla. League of Cities, Inc. v. McARTOR, 902 So. 2d 942 (Fla. 1st DCA 2005)
  …lity for coronary artery disease provided by section 112.18(1), Florida Statutes. Coronary artery disease is an occupational illness when suffered by a firefighter meeting the requirements of section 112.18(1). See Sledge v. City of Fort Lauderdale, 497 So. 2d 1231, 1233 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986). Under section 440.151(5), Florida Statutes, the carrier on risk at the time of the last injurious exposure “shall alone be liable” when “compensation is payable for an occupational disease.” In this case, the claimant’s pe…
• City OF Port Orange & PGCS v. Sedacca, 953 So. 2d 727 (Fla. 1st DCA 2007)
  …not a disability for purposes of either section 440.151(l)(a) or section 112.18(1) without a showing of an actual loss of earning capacity makes sense only under the old wage-loss system which no longer exists. See Sledge v. City of Fort Lauderdale, 497 So. 2d 1231, 1233 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986). Assuming that the claimant had established an actual loss of earning capacity, there would be no way to compensate him for that loss because wage-loss benefits have been eliminated. The only compensation available to those…

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