Case Name: Aaron JOHNS, Appellant, v. CITY OF SANFORD and Johns Eastern Company, Inc., Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2012-07-24
Citations: 96 So. 3d 949
Docket Number: No. 1D11-4672
Parties: Aaron JOHNS, Appellant, v. CITY OF SANFORD and Johns Eastern Company, Inc., Appellees.
Judges: DAVIS, VAN NORTWICK, and PADOVANO, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 96
Pages: 949–949

Head Matter:
Aaron JOHNS, Appellant, v. CITY OF SANFORD and Johns Eastern Company, Inc., Appellees.
No. 1D11-4672.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
July 24, 2012.
Rehearing Denied Sept. 20, 2012.
Bradley Guy Smith of Smith, Feddeler, Smith & Miles, P.A., Lakeland, Susan W. Fox of Fox & Loquasto, P.A., Orlando, and Wendy S. Loquasto of Fox & Loquasto, P.A., Tallahassee, for Appellant.
Lamar D. Oxford and Jeffry Branham of Dean, Ringers, Morgan & Lawton, P.A., Orlando, for Appellees.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
AFFIRMED. See Punsky v. Clay County Sheriff's Office, 18 So.3d 577, 584 (Fla. 1st DCA 2009) ("[I]f the employer's medical testimony shows that several non-work related factors or conditions are the cause of a heart attack, and such evidence is accepted and credited by the trier of fact, such testimony could be found sufficient as competent and substantial evidence to rebut the statutory presumption [in section 112.18, Florida Statutes,] and establish non-industrial causation").
DAVIS, VAN NORTWICK, and PADOVANO, JJ., concur.