Case Name: Raul SALDANA, Appellant, v. MIAMI-DADE COUNTY and Division of Risk Management, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2008-03-10
Citations: 978 So. 2d 823
Docket Number: No. 1D07-1131
Parties: Raul SALDANA, Appellant, v. MIAMI-DADE COUNTY and Division of Risk Management, Appellees.
Judges: ALLEN, KAHN, and DAVIS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 978
Pages: 823–824

Head Matter:
Raul SALDANA, Appellant, v. MIAMI-DADE COUNTY and Division of Risk Management, Appellees.
No. 1D07-1131.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
March 10, 2008.
Rehearing Denied April 11, 2008.
Richard A. Sicking, Coral Gables, for Appellant.
R.A. Cuevas, Jr., Miami-Dade County Attorney, and Lynda S. Slade, Assistant County Attorney, Miami, for Appellees.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
AFFIRMED. See City of Tarpon Springs v. Vaporis, 953 So.2d 597, 599 (Fla. 1st DCA 2007) ("All that [section 112.18, Florida Statutes] requires to overcome the presumption is competent substantial evidence that convinces a JCC that the disease was caused by some non-work-related factor, not that it was caused by any sort of 'specific hazard or non-occupational hazard'.... ").
ALLEN, KAHN, and DAVIS, JJ., concur.