# Daniel Murphy v. Polk County Board of County Commissioners, and Commercial Risk Management

> District Court of Appeal of Florida · June 5, 2024

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9977866

## Case

- **Court:** District Court of Appeal of Florida
- **Decided:** June 5, 2024
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
STATE OF FLORIDA
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No. 1D2023-0638
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DANIEL MURPHY,

Appellant,

v.

POLK COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS, and
COMMERCIAL RISK
MANAGEMENT,

Appellees.
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On appeal from the Office of the Judges of Compensation Claims.
Brian J. Anthony, Judge.

Date of Accident: July 10, 2015.

June 5, 2024

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED. See Checkers Rest. v. Wiethoff, 925 So. 2d 348, 351
(Fla. 1st DCA 2006) (en banc) (“[S]ection 440.20(4) does not
preclude the E/C from challenging the claimant’s entitlement to
benefits, by contending that the injuries resulting from the
industrial accident were not the MCC [major contributing cause]
of the claimant’s need for further treatment or surgery.”).

B.L. THOMAS, BILBREY, and TANENBAUM, JJ., concur.
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Not final until disposition of any timely and
authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or
9.331.
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Bradley G. Smith of Smith, Feddler & Smith P.A., Lakeland;
Thomas Warren Sculco and Shannon McLin of Florida Appeals,
Orlando, for Appellant.

Thomas Vecchio of Vecchio, Carrier, Feldman & Johannessen,
P.A., Lakeland, for Appellees.

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