CLINTON LAPARKER FRANKLIN, APPELLANT,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

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• La. Pac. Corp. v. Harcus, 774 So. 2d 751 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000)
  …llowing a single incident, but gradually occurs following a cumulative series of incidents over an extended time frame. Cf. Alvarez v. City of Tampa (disabling disk degeneration caused by repeated trauma for a period of 25 years); Johnson v. Knight, 594 So. 2d 836 (Fla. 1st DCA 1992) (claimant suffered disabling back injury under repeated trauma theory resulting from riding long hours in a bouncing, vibrating truck and lifting heavy items within and from the truck). In conclusion, we deem it instructive to r…
• Alvarez v. City OF Tampa & Alexsis Risk Mgmt., 647 So. 2d 301 (Fla. 1st DCA 1994)
  …t that caused a series of traumas to the employee as a result of which the employee sustained an injury such as shown in this case, is legally sufficient to support an award of benefits under the repeated trauma theory. See, e.g., Johnson v. Knight, 594 So. 2d 836 (Fla.1st DCA 1992) (evidence supported finding that bouncing and vibration, moving heavy objects, and repetitive lifting caused truck driver’s back injury and supported finding of compensability under repetitive trauma theory); Winn-Dixie Stores v.…
• Kulick v. Ent. Publ'ns, Inc., 667 So. 2d 303 (Fla. 1st DCA 1995)
  …r than that to which the general public is exposed. Alternatively, the claimant must demonstrate a series of occurrences, the cumulative effect of which is injury. Alvarez v. City of Tampa, 647 So. 2d 301, 303 (Fla. 1st DCA 1994); Johnson v. Knight, 594 So. 2d 836, 837 (Fla. 1st DCA 1992), quoting Festa v. Teleflex, Inc., 382 So. 2d 122, 124 (Fla. 1st DCA), review denied, 388 So. 2d 1119 (Fla.1980). The multiple ex [*305] posures constitute “repeated accidents” which combine to produce the compensable injury.…