JAMES C. THERBER, APPELLANT,

v.

TRAVELERS FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, A CORPORATION, APPELLEE

Citator

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• Arkin Constr. Co. & Bituminous Cas. Corp. v. Simpkins, 99 So. 2d 557 (Fla. 1957)
  …n mere speculation or conjecture. Johnson v. Dicks, Fla.1954, 76 So. 2d 657. A claimant must prove a causal connection between his employment and the injury for which compensation is claimed by clear evidence. Superior Mill Work v. Gabel, Fla. 1956, 89 So. 2d 794. There is no presumption that an injury, the death in this case, is causally connected to the employment. Pridgen v. International Cushion Co., Fla.1956, 88 So. 2d 286. Rather the burden is on the claimant to establish a causal connection between hi…
• Byrd v. Richardson-Greenshields Sec., Inc., 552 So. 2d 1099 (Fla. 1989)
  …Inc. v. Phillips, 429 So. 2d 386 (Fla. 1st DCA), review denied, 440 So. 2d 353 (Fla.1983). This is not true, however, where no physical injury has occurred, since the statute by its own terms excludes such matters. E.g., Superior Mill Work v. Gabel, 89 So. 2d 794 (Fla.1956); Davis v. Sun Banks, 412 So. 2d 937, 937 (Fla. 1st DCA), review denied, 419 So. 2d 1196 (Fla.1982); Williams v. Hillsborough County School Bd., 389 So. 2d 1218, 1219 (Fla. 1st DCA 1980), review denied, 397 So. 2d 780 (Fla.1981). Indeed, t…
• Prahl Bros., Inc. v. Phillips, 429 So. 2d 386 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983)
  …nt only ... shall be deemed not to be injury by accident arising out of the employment .... It is well established that compensation for neurosis must be predicated upon an underlying physical injury or trauma. See e.g., Superior Millwork v. Gabel, 89 So. 2d 794 (Fla.1956); Indian River County Sheriffs Department v. Roske, 417 So. 2d 1161 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982); Williams v. Hillsborough County School Board, 389 So. 2d 1218 (Fla. 1st DCA 1980), pet. for rev. denied, 397 So. 2d 780 (Fla.1981). However, the under…