Florida Statute 440.151 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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Title XXXI
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Chapter 440
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440.151 Occupational diseases.—

(1)(a) Where the employer and employee are subject to the provisions of the Workers’ Compensation Law, the disablement or death of an employee resulting from an occupational disease as hereinafter defined shall be treated as the happening of an injury by accident, notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, and the employee or, in case of death, the employee’s dependents shall be entitled to compensation as provided by this chapter, except as hereinafter otherwise provided; and the practice and procedure prescribed by this chapter shall apply to all proceedings under this section, except as hereinafter otherwise provided. Provided, however, that in no case shall an employer be liable for compensation under the provisions of this section unless such disease has resulted from the nature of the employment in which the employee was engaged under such employer, was actually contracted while so engaged, and the nature of the employment was the major contributing cause of the disease. Major contributing cause must be shown by medical evidence only, as demonstrated by physical examination findings and diagnostic testing. “Nature of the employment” means that in the occupation in which the employee was so engaged there is attached a particular hazard of such disease that distinguishes it from the usual run of occupations, or the incidence of such disease is substantially higher in the occupation in which the employee was so engaged than in the usual run of occupations. In claims for death under s. 440.16, death must occur within 350 weeks after last exposure. Both causation and sufficient exposure to a specific harmful substance shown to be present in the workplace to support causation shall be proven by clear and convincing evidence.

(b) No compensation shall be payable for an occupational disease if the employee, at the time of entering into the employment of the employer by whom the compensation would otherwise be payable, falsely represents herself or himself in writing as not having previously been disabled, laid off or compensated in damages or otherwise, because of such disease.

(c) Where an occupational disease is aggravated by any other disease or infirmity, not itself compensable, or where disability or death from any other cause, not itself compensable, is aggravated, prolonged, accelerated or in anywise contributed to by an occupational disease, the compensation shall be payable only if the occupational disease is the major contributing cause of the injury. Any compensation shall be reduced and limited to such proportion only of the compensation that would be payable if the occupational disease were the sole cause of the disability or death as such occupational disease, as a causative factor, bears to all the causes of such disability or death, such reduction in compensation to be effected by reducing the number of weekly or monthly payments or the amounts of such payments, as under the circumstances of the particular case may be for the best interest of the claimant or claimants. Major contributing cause must be demonstrated by medical evidence based on physical examination findings and diagnostic testing.

(d) No compensation for death from an occupational disease shall be payable to any person whose relationship to the deceased, which under the provisions of this Workers’ Compensation Law would give right to compensation, arose subsequent to the beginning of the first compensable disability, save only to afterborn children of a marriage existing at the beginning of such disability.

(e) No compensation shall be payable for disability or death resulting from tuberculosis arising out of and in the course of employment by the Department of Health at a state tuberculosis hospital, or aggravated by such employment, when the employee had suffered from said disease at any time prior to the commencement of such employment.

(2) Whenever used in this section the term “occupational disease” shall be construed to mean only a disease which is due to causes and conditions which are characteristic of and peculiar to a particular trade, occupation, process, or employment, and to exclude all ordinary diseases of life to which the general public is exposed, unless the incidence of the disease is substantially higher in the particular trade, occupation, process, or employment than for the general public. “Occupational disease” means only a disease for which there are epidemiological studies showing that exposure to the specific substance involved, at the levels to which the employee was exposed, may cause the precise disease sustained by the employee.

(3) Except as otherwise provided in this section, “disablement” means disability as described in s. 440.02(15).

(4) This section shall not apply to cases of occupational disease in which the last injurious exposure to the hazards of such disease occurred before this section shall have taken effect.

(5) Where compensation is payable for an occupational disease, the employer in whose employment the employee was last injuriously exposed to the hazards of such disease, and the insurance carrier, if any, on the risk when such employee was last so exposed under such employer, shall alone be liable therefor, without right to contribution from any prior employer or insurance carrier; and the notice of injury and claim for compensation, as hereinafter required, shall be given and made to such employer; provided, however, that in case of disability from any dust disease the only employer and insurance carrier liable shall be the last employer in whose employment the employee was last injuriously exposed to the hazards of the disease for a period of at least 60 days.

(6) The time for notice of injury or death provided in s. 440.185(1) shall be extended in cases of occupational diseases to a period of 90 days.

History.—s. 1, ch. 22852, 1945; s. 1, ch. 23921, 1947; s. 11, ch. 25035, 1949; s. 3, ch. 28241, 1953; s. 1, ch. 65-116; ss. 19, 35, ch. 69-106; ss. 10, 24, ch. 74-197; s. 23, ch. 78-300; ss. 11, 124, ch. 79-40; s. 21, ch. 79-312; s. 43, ch. 89-289; s. 56, ch. 90-201; s. 52, ch. 91-1; s. 111, ch. 97-103; s. 53, ch. 99-5; s. 210, ch. 99-8; s. 19, ch. 2003-412; s. 97, ch. 2023-8.

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Total Results: 71

Broward Indus. Plating, Inc. v. Weiby

394 So. 2d 1117

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 11, 1981 | Docket: 1315373

Cited 15 times | Published

vasculitis were occupational diseases. *1119 Under § 440.151, Fla. Stat., the following elements must be proven

Sledge v. City of Fort Lauderdale

497 So. 2d 1231, 11 Fla. L. Weekly 1506

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 10, 1986 | Docket: 1239008

Cited 11 times | Published

Stringer, 392 So.2d 1294 (Fla. 1980); and Section 440.151, Florida Statutes (1985) ("the disablement

McLean v. Mundy

81 So. 2d 501

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jun 22, 1955 | Docket: 1283816

Cited 11 times | Published

injuriously exposed to the hazards of such disease," Section 440.151(5), Fla. Stat. 1953, F.S.A. Our reversal was

Michels v. Orange County Fire/Rescue

819 So. 2d 158, 2002 WL 649354

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 22, 2002 | Docket: 1750110

Cited 9 times | Published

was exposed to the hazards of the disease. See § 440.151(1)(a), Fla. Stat. (1991) and (1997) ("disablement

Watkins Engineers & Constructors v. Wise

698 So. 2d 294, 1997 WL 394896

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 16, 1997 | Docket: 2218955

Cited 9 times | Published

(COPD), an occupational disease pursuant to section 440.151, Florida Statutes (1993). The E/C contends

Castro v. Florida Juice Division

400 So. 2d 1280

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 26, 1981 | Docket: 1262675

Cited 9 times | Published

disability caused by occupational diseases. Compare Section 440.151. Finally, there is no judicially created standard

Dayron Corp. v. Morehead

509 So. 2d 930, 12 Fla. L. Weekly 394

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jul 16, 1987 | Docket: 1715583

Cited 8 times | Published

shall be paid for disablement. § 440.151, Fla. Stat. (1985). Section 440.151(3) reads: (3) Except as hereinafter

Conner v. Riner Plastering Company

131 So. 2d 465

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jun 21, 1961 | Docket: 1503690

Cited 7 times | Published

disabled and that except for the provisions of Section 440.151(3), liability for petitioner's permanent disability

City of Port Orange v. Sedacca

953 So. 2d 727, 2007 Fla. App. LEXIS 5196, 2007 WL 1047397

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 10, 2007 | Docket: 1712798

Cited 6 times | Published

Act as an occupational disease pursuant to section 440.151, Florida Statutes. Coverage Under the Workers'

King Motor Co. v. Pollack

409 So. 2d 160

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 28, 1982 | Docket: 1525483

Cited 6 times | Published

award based on occupational disease is that Section 440.151(3), Florida Statutes (1977), defines "disablement"

City of Mary Esther v. McArtor

902 So. 2d 942, 2005 WL 1330047

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 7, 2005 | Docket: 1256943

Cited 5 times | Published

So.2d 1231, 1233 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986). Under section 440.151(5), Florida Statutes, the carrier on risk at

Hoppe v. City of Lakeland

691 So. 2d 585, 1997 WL 178845

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 16, 1997 | Docket: 1727147

Cited 5 times | Published

statute. An occupational disease, according to section 440.151(2), Florida Statutes (1969), is "a disease

Tokyo House, Inc. v. Hsin Chu

597 So. 2d 348, 1992 WL 74885

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 13, 1992 | Docket: 1350105

Cited 5 times | Published

provide for occupational disease claims. See § 440.151, Fla. Stat. (1945). This new provision created

Cote v. Combustion Engineering, Inc.

502 So. 2d 500, 12 Fla. L. Weekly 525

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 13, 1987 | Docket: 1061224

Cited 5 times | Published

or the commencement of disability in 1985. Section 440.151(1)(a), Florida Statutes (1974), provides that

American Beryllium Co. v. Stringer

392 So. 2d 1294

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Feb 19, 1981 | Docket: 1678226

Cited 5 times | Published

statute. An occupational disease, according to section 440.151(2), Florida Statutes (1969), is "a disease

Plantation Const. Co. v. Ayers

385 So. 2d 1138

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 3, 1980 | Docket: 1700449

Cited 5 times | Published

suffering from an "occupational disease," under Section 440.151, Florida Statutes. Claimant's treating physician

Wood v. Harry Harmon Insulation

511 So. 2d 690, 12 Fla. L. Weekly 1964

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 12, 1987 | Docket: 1700763

Cited 4 times | Published

"last injurious exposure" requirement *691 of section 440.151(5), Florida Statutes.[1] The second concerns

Structural Systems, Inc. v. Worthen

463 So. 2d 502, 10 Fla. L. Weekly 374, 1985 Fla. App. LEXIS 12321

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 11, 1985 | Docket: 448891

Cited 4 times | Published

as to occupational disease cases only. See Section 440.151, Florida Statutes (1979). In those states that

Hodgen v. Burnup & Sims Engineering

420 So. 2d 885

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 6, 1982 | Docket: 2578624

Cited 4 times | Published

compensable as an occupational disease pursuant to Section 440.151, Florida Statutes (1981). We decline to follow

Sunshine Truck Plaza/Camp Oil Co. v. Tucker

395 So. 2d 265

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 13, 1981 | Docket: 1692997

Cited 4 times | Published

exposure, in conjunction with prior exposure. Section 440.151(5), Florida Statutes (1979), states: Where

Cast Crete Corp. v. Duncan

383 So. 2d 245

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 25, 1980 | Docket: 457432

Cited 4 times | Published

as a whole as a result of the disease. Under § 440.151(1)(a), Florida Statutes, for a claimant to be

City of Pembroke Pines v. Ortagus

50 So. 3d 31, 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 16608, 2010 WL 4292823

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 2, 2010 | Docket: 2396445

Cited 3 times | Published

the major contributing cause of the disease." § 440.151(1)(a), Fla. Stat. (2004). The occupational disease

Flamily v. City of Orlando

924 So. 2d 78, 2006 WL 406926

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 23, 2006 | Docket: 1419299

Cited 3 times | Published

Corp., 398 So.2d 902, 904 (Fla. 1st DCA 1981); § 440.151(2), Fla. Stat. (2000). Here, the record supports

City of Cooper City v. Farthing

905 So. 2d 925, 2005 WL 1248969

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 27, 2005 | Docket: 1711872

Cited 3 times | Published

from an occupational disease, as defined in section 440.151, Florida Statutes (2000), which requires a

Florida Power Corp. v. Brown

863 So. 2d 364, 2003 Fla. App. LEXIS 17723, 2003 WL 22734831

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 21, 2003 | Docket: 1432214

Cited 3 times | Published

resulting from an occupational disease. See § 440.151(1)(a), Fla. Stat. (2000). It is well settled that

Zundell v. Dade County School Bd.

609 So. 2d 1367, 1992 WL 379421

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 15, 1992 | Docket: 1743348

Cited 3 times | Published

disease" to have arisen out of the employment. § 440.151(1)(a), Fla. Stat. (1991). I believe that the Victor

Glasrock Home Health Care v. Leiva

578 So. 2d 776, 1991 WL 54155

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 11, 1991 | Docket: 440639

Cited 3 times | Published

characteristic of and peculiar to his occupation. See, § 440.151, F.S. (1989); Lake v. Irwin Yacht, supra. The

Fuller v. Okaloosa Correctional Institution

22 So. 3d 803, 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 17537, 2009 WL 4030845

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 24, 2009 | Docket: 60267112

Cited 2 times | Published

occupational causation by medical evidence. See § 440.151(1), Fla. Stat. (2007) (requiring claimant to prove

POLK COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COM'RS v. Ross

911 So. 2d 854, 2005 WL 2297535

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 22, 2005 | Docket: 1751899

Cited 2 times | Published

or the initial manifestation of an injury. Section 440.151(6) extends the period of time to report an

Eastern Airlines, Inc. v. Crittenden

596 So. 2d 112, 1992 WL 48920

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 11, 1992 | Docket: 1707370

Cited 2 times | Published

consequences. Occupational diseases are governed by section 440.151, Florida Statutes, and the statute creates

Florida Power Corp. v. Stenholm

577 So. 2d 977, 1991 WL 42699

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 28, 1991 | Docket: 1136162

Cited 2 times | Published

compensable as an occupational disease under section 440.151, Florida Power maintains the judge nonetheless

Wuesthoff Memorial Hosp. v. Hurlbert

548 So. 2d 771, 14 Fla. L. Weekly 2033, 1989 Fla. App. LEXIS 4934, 1989 WL 101063

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 31, 1989 | Docket: 1333197

Cited 2 times | Published

Law of Workmen's Compensation § 7 et seq. Section 440.151(1)(a), Florida Statutes (1987), provides that

City of Jacksonville v. Ratliff

217 So. 3d 183, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 5201

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 13, 2017 | Docket: 60265664

Cited 1 times | Published

of action pursuant to section 440.151, Florida Statutes. Under section 440.151, a claimant was under

Scherer v. Volusia County Department of Corrections

171 So. 3d 135

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 7, 2015 | Docket: 2671917

Cited 1 times | Published

the happening of an injury by accident. ...’ Section 440.151(1), Florida Statutes (1969).” Hoppe v. City

Walters v. State-DOC/Division of Risk Management

100 So. 3d 1173, 2012 WL 4872654, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 17887

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 16, 2012 | Docket: 60225544

Cited 1 times | Published

occupational disease in the manner contemplated by section 440.151, Florida Statutes (2009). In his single point

Rocha v. City of Tampa

100 So. 3d 138, 2012 WL 4800990, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 17309

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 10, 2012 | Docket: 60225642

Cited 1 times | Published

injury.” § 440.02(13), Fla. Stat. (2009); see also § 440.151(3) (defining “disablement,” for purposes of determining

Orange County Fire Rescue v. Jones

959 So. 2d 785, 2007 WL 1792328

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 21, 2007 | Docket: 528268

Cited 1 times | Published

of disablement from the disease. Id. (citing § 440.151(1)(a), Fla. Stat. (1991) and (1997)) (other citations

Seminole County Government v. Bartlett

933 So. 2d 550, 2006 WL 220153

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 31, 2006 | Docket: 1712128

Cited 1 times | Published

hepatitis C is an occupational disease pursuant to section 440.151(2), Florida Statutes. The statutory criteria

Matter of Celotex Corp.

152 B.R. 647

United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida | Filed: Feb 23, 1993 | Docket: 1498908

Cited 1 times | Published

also, the legislative pronouncement in Fla.Stat. § 440.151(5) adopting the last injurious exposure theory

Aetna Life & Cas. Co. v. Schmitt

597 So. 2d 938, 1992 Fla. App. LEXIS 4813, 1992 WL 84168

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 29, 1992 | Docket: 1704574

Cited 1 times | Published

last injurious exposure rule set forth in section 440.151(5), Florida Statutes (1989)[1] should be applicable

Florida State Hospital v. Potter

391 So. 2d 322

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 11, 1980 | Docket: 1173598

Cited 1 times | Published

an occupational disease within the meaning of § 440.151, Florida Statutes. We agree and reverse. The claimant

Phelps v. Gunite Construction and Rentals, Inc.

279 So. 2d 829, 1973 Fla. LEXIS 5166

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jun 21, 1973 | Docket: 425575

Cited 1 times | Published

occupational disease as required by Fla. Stat. § 440.151, F.S.A. The central issue before us is whether

Michael Guglielmo v. State of Florida-DOC Zephyrhills C I/Division of Risk Management

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 30, 2025 | Docket: 70962102

Published

core principles of occupational disease under section 440.151, Florida Statutes. We begin with a distinguishing

Seminole County, Florida and Johns Eastern Company, Inc. v. Braden

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 13, 2023 | Docket: 68084179

Published

occupational disease in the manner contemplated by section 440.151, Florida Statutes. Id. This Court reversed

Leon Smith v. City of Daytona Beach Police Dept./City of etc.

143 So. 3d 436, 2014 WL 3466907

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 30, 2014 | Docket: 371178

Published

disease results in disability. See § 440.151(l)(a), Fla. Stat. (2012) (“[T]he disablement or

Fidelity & Guaranty Insurance v. Polk County

20 So. 3d 383, 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 11324, 2009 WL 2476525

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 14, 2009 | Docket: 1639953

Published

because it did not apply the provisions of section 440.151(5), Florida Statutes (1999),[1] that clearly

James v. ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC.

864 So. 2d 1132, 2003 WL 23094733

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 31, 2003 | Docket: 1426063

Published

statutorily defined as the date of injury. See § 440.151(1)(a), Fla. Stat. (2002). And see Cote v. Combustion

Michels v. Orange County Fire/Rescue

804 So. 2d 557, 2002 Fla. App. LEXIS 271, 2002 WL 63334

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 18, 2002 | Docket: 64811607

Published

was exposed to the hazards of the disease. See § 440.151(l)(a), Fla. Stat. (1991) and (1997) (“disablement

LRMC v. Britt

767 So. 2d 1262, 2000 Fla. App. LEXIS 12271, 2000 WL 1369881

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 25, 2000 | Docket: 64800639

Published

“occupational disease” test, is AFFIRMED. See § 440.151(1)-(3), Fla. Stat. (1993); Wuesthoff Memorial

Irving v. Ametek, Inc.

756 So. 2d 1045, 2000 Fla. App. LEXIS 4194, 2000 WL 353479

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 7, 2000 | Docket: 64797037

Published

the court reasoned that the provisions of section 440.151(b), which precluded payment of benefits to

Associated Industries Insurance v. Federal Insurance Co.

707 So. 2d 880, 1998 Fla. App. LEXIS 2143, 1998 WL 93940

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 6, 1998 | Docket: 64779704

Published

and an “occupational disease” as defined by section 440.151, Florida Statutes (1991). At issue is the extent

Malt Bros. I, Ltd. v. State Farm Insurance Co.

654 So. 2d 570, 1995 Fla. App. LEXIS 3570, 1995 WL 150129

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 7, 1995 | Docket: 64756079

Published

“[O]ccupational disease theory is derived from section 440.151, Florida Statutes, which provides a doctrinal

City of Orlando v. Lemay

652 So. 2d 850, 1995 Fla. App. LEXIS 1950, 1995 WL 80659

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 1, 1995 | Docket: 64755212

Published

occupational disease theory is derived from section 440.151, Florida Statutes, which pi’ovides a doctrinal

Celotex Corp. v. AIU Insurance (In re Celotex Corp.)

152 B.R. 647

United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida | Filed: Feb 23, 1993 | Docket: 65780571

Published

also, the legislative pronouncement in Fla.Stat. § 440.151(5) adopting the last injurious exposure theory

Celotex Corp. v. AIU Insurance (In re Celotex Corp.)

152 B.R. 647

United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida | Filed: Feb 23, 1993 | Docket: 65780571

Published

also, the legislative pronouncement in Fla.Stat. § 440.151(5) adopting the last injurious exposure theory

Rodriguez v. Prestress Decking Corp.

611 So. 2d 59, 1992 Fla. App. LEXIS 13343, 1992 WL 385372

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 30, 1992 | Docket: 64693134

Published

Insulation, 511 So.2d 690 (Fla. 1st DCA 1987) (section 440.151(a), Florida Statutes, which limits death benefits

Martin County School Board v. McIntosh

605 So. 2d 166, 1992 Fla. App. LEXIS 9766, 1992 WL 221525

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 11, 1992 | Docket: 64669987

Published

occupational disease within the meaning of section 440.151, Florida Statutes (1987), by reason of his

Keener Construction Co. v. Simpson

578 So. 2d 1137, 1991 Fla. App. LEXIS 3838, 1991 WL 65352

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 29, 1991 | Docket: 64658522

Published

April 3, 1988. 8. Workers’ Compensation Law F.S. 440.151 establishes that compensability of diseases

Simon Sez, Inc. v. Ferrer

567 So. 2d 51, 1990 Fla. App. LEXIS 7416, 1990 WL 141895

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 27, 1990 | Docket: 64653178

Published

the claimant's burden of proof set forth in section 440.151, Florida Statutes (1987). See Broward Industrial

Hamilton v. Stamas Yachts

496 So. 2d 230, 1986 Fla. App. LEXIS 10259, 11 Fla. L. Weekly 2263

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 28, 1986 | Docket: 64622373

Published

or the theory of occupational disease. See, Section 440.151, Florida Statutes (1983). As to exposure, in

Keene Corp. v. Bahl

476 So. 2d 789, 10 Fla. L. Weekly 2364, 1985 Fla. App. LEXIS 16426

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 17, 1985 | Docket: 64614717

Published

occupational disease within the meaning of Section 440.151, Florida Statutes1 and that claimant’s exposure

Pfeiffer v. State, Department of Natural Resources

436 So. 2d 350, 1983 Fla. App. LEXIS 20110

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 16, 1983 | Docket: 64599094

Published

treated as an occupational disease pursuant to Section 440.151, Florida Statutes (1979). This we decline to

Poinsetta Gifts v. Evans

393 So. 2d 8, 1980 Fla. App. LEXIS 18330

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 10, 1980 | Docket: 64579979

Published

aggravated antibody response to insect serum, Section 440.151, or even if claimant’s present susceptibility

Ripple v. Pan American World Airways, Inc.

291 So. 2d 590, 1974 Fla. LEXIS 4375

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jan 9, 1974 | Docket: 64537813

Published

or the carrier, under the provision of Florida Statute 440.-151(7). In making'this finding, the undersigned

Brooks v. State Department of Transportation

255 So. 2d 260, 1971 Fla. LEXIS 3169

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Dec 1, 1971 | Docket: 64523311

Published

occupational disease within the purview of Fla.Stat. § 440.151, F.S.A., which provides that disablement resulting

Norman v. Morrison Food Services

245 So. 2d 234, 1971 Fla. LEXIS 3965

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Mar 10, 1971 | Docket: 64519257

Published

not meet the requirements of Florida Statutes, § 440.151, F.S.A., relating to occupational disease, which

Richardson v. Honeywell, Inc.

188 So. 2d 303, 1966 Fla. LEXIS 3362

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Apr 20, 1966 | Docket: 64497269

Published

result, happening suddenly.” However, in 1945, Section 440.151, F.S.A. was added to the statutory law, which

Gordon v. Walgreen's Drug Store

149 So. 2d 857

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Feb 13, 1963 | Docket: 60210034

Published

attributable to claimant’s occupation. Second, F.S. 440.151(2), F.S.A., defines an occupational disease

Leonard v. Cook & Pruitt Masonry, Inc.

126 So. 2d 136

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Oct 19, 1960 | Docket: 60196484

Published

permanently totally disabled within the meaning of Section 440.151 [F.S.A.]. However, the Deputy went on to find

Hyatt v. Armstrong Cork Co.

121 So. 2d 793, 1960 Fla. LEXIS 2183

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Apr 13, 1960 | Docket: 60195259

Published

required before compensation can be paid under section 440.151(6) (c), until August 12, 1953. Claim was filed

Mundy v. McLean

72 So. 2d 275, 1954 Fla. LEXIS 1398

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Feb 26, 1954 | Docket: 64485484

Published

the Workmen’s Compensation Law, namely F.S.A. § 440.151, insofar as the same is applicable to the facts

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