PIC 'N SAVE AND COMMERCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT, APPELLANTS,
v.
AMY PARKER, APPELLEE

Fla. 1st DCA | 2002-01-15
No. 1D00-3742
BOOTH, BARFIELD and MINER, JJ„ concur.
807 So. 2d 689 Florida District Court of Appeal, First District (2002)


Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

In this workers’ compensation case, the record does not support a finding that Claimant’s pancreatitis is a disease that naturally or unavoidably results from her compensable back injury. See § 440.02(17), Fla. Stat. (1994). Claimant’s position that pain from the accident caused her to consume alcohol, thereby resulting in pancreatitis, is not a basis for compensability. We distinguish cases involving drug addiction as a result of an industrial accident. See Capps v. Buena Vista Construction Co., 786 So. 2d 71 (Fla. 1st DCA 2001). In the instant case, Claimant was selfmedicating with alcohol, resulting in pancreatitis and other related conditions. There is no evidence that any doctor prescribed or in any way suggested Claimant’s use of alcohol for relief of pain. This is not a basis for recovery because there is no evidence that Claimant’s use of alcohol was prescribed, as were the drugs in Capps. Therefore, we REVERSE the JCC’s order finding the claim compensable and REMAND for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

BOOTH, BARFIELD and MINER, JJ„ concur.


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