Case Name: SCHOOL BOARD OF MANATEE COUNTY and John's Eastern Company, Appellants, v. Dorothy B. BUERKE, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1995-09-22
Citations: 660 So. 2d 810
Docket Number: No. 93-3808
Parties: SCHOOL BOARD OF MANATEE COUNTY and John’s Eastern Company, Appellants, v. Dorothy B. BUERKE, Appellee.
Judges: BOOTH, JOANOS and KAHN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 660
Pages: 810–811

Head Matter:
SCHOOL BOARD OF MANATEE COUNTY and John’s Eastern Company, Appellants, v. Dorothy B. BUERKE, Appellee.
No. 93-3808.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Sept. 22, 1995.
Cindy R. Galen of O’Riorden, Mann, Hoot-man, Ingram & Dunkle, P.A., Sarasota, for appellants.
John T. Fryback, Bradenton, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We affirm that portion of the order of the judge of compensation claims (JCC) which finds that appellee Dorothy Buerke suffered an exposure to natural gas on April 14, 1992, while employed by appellant as a school teacher. The record contains competent substantial evidence to indicate that Mrs. Buerke's admission to Manatee Memorial Hospital on April 14, 1992, and her subsequent treatment through and including April 24, 1992, are related to symptoms that were attributed by her physician, Dr. Estevez, to the exposure. Accordingly, we also affirm that portion of the order requiring appellant to pay for such treatment until April 24, 1992. Dr. Estevez testified, however, that treatment after April 24 was not associated with the gas exposure. Also, the prescription of a blood thinner after that date was related by the doctor solely to Mrs. Buerke's underlying vascular deficiency, rather than to any lingering effects of an industrial accident. For these reasons, any portions of the order on appeal which require appellant to make payment or reimbursement for medical treatment and prescriptions after April 24, 1992, must be reversed. Similarly, the authorization of Dr. Estevez to provide remedial medical care and attention in the future must be reversed, since the record contains no evidence indicative of a work-related component to Mrs. Buerke's need for such future medical care.
AFFIRMED in part; REVERSED in part.
BOOTH, JOANOS and KAHN, JJ., concur.