Case Name: UNISOURCE ADMINISTRATORS and Hernando County Sheriff's Department, Appellants, v. Julian BRIDGES, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2005-10-18
Citations: 914 So. 2d 457
Docket Number: No. 1D04-4704
Parties: UNISOURCE ADMINISTRATORS and Hernando County Sheriff’s Department, Appellants, v. Julian BRIDGES, Appellee.
Judges: BENTON, PADOVANO, and BROWNING, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 914
Pages: 457–458

Head Matter:
UNISOURCE ADMINISTRATORS and Hernando County Sheriff’s Department, Appellants, v. Julian BRIDGES, Appellee.
No. 1D04-4704.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Oct. 18, 2005.
Rehearing Denied Nov. 21, 2005.
Rex A. Hurley, Esquire and William H. Rogner, Esquire of Hurley, Rogner, Miller, Cox, Waraneh & Westcott, P.A., Winter Park, for Appellants.
Paul A. Kelley, Esquire, Winter Park and William McCabe, Esquire of Shepherd, McCabe & Cooley, Longwood, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. See § 112.18(1), Fla. Stat. (2002) ("Any condition . of any . law enforcement officer . caused by . heart disease . resulting in . disability . shall be presumed to have been . suffered in the line of duty unless the contrary be shown by competent evidence!,] . [if the pre-employment physical] examination failed to reveal any evidence of any such condition."); City of Mary Esther v. McArtor, 902 So.2d 942, 943-44 (Fla. 1st DCA 2005) (rejecting contention that Sledge v. City of Fort Lauderdale, 497 So.2d 1231 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986), requires permanent disability or termination for the presumption to arise); City of Miami v. Thomas, 657 So.2d 927, 928 (Fla. 1st DCA 1995) ("We . reject the City's argument that . section 112.18[ ] was intended to be limited to permanent disability, so that the presumption would not apply to a temporary disability, as experienced by this claimant.").
BENTON, PADOVANO, and BROWNING, JJ., concur.