Case Name: SHORE ACRES NURSING HOME and Hewitt, Coleman & Associates, Inc., Appellants, v. Ruth STURMS, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1983-10-26
Citations: 439 So. 2d 988
Docket Number: No. AR-188
Parties: SHORE ACRES NURSING HOME and Hewitt, Coleman & Associates, Inc., Appellants, v. Ruth STURMS, Appellee.
Judges: BOOTH and WIGGINTON, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 439
Pages: 988–989

Head Matter:
SHORE ACRES NURSING HOME and Hewitt, Coleman & Associates, Inc., Appellants, v. Ruth STURMS, Appellee.
No. AR-188.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Oct. 26, 1983.
Maureen Emmet-Miller of Riden, Watson & Goldstein, P.A., St. Petersburg, for appellants.
H. Shelton Philips of Kaleel & Kaleel, P.A., St. Petersburg, for appellee.

Opinion:
ROBERT P. SMITH, Jr., Judge.
The deputy's order succinctly states, in regard to a Martin v. Carpenter defense, that evidence of a causal relationship between the concealed history and the otherwise compensable injury will be required. Here the carrier relied upon general knowledge for that nexus, which is not enough.
AFFIRMED. Higgins v. Trigil Repair, Inc., 436 So.2d 222 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983).
BOOTH and WIGGINTON, JJ., concur.