Lonnie Mills v. Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Division of Risk Management

FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________ No. 1D20-2226 _____________________________ LONNIE MILLS, Appellant, v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, DIVISION OF RISK MANAGEMENT, Appellees. _____________________________ On appeal from an order of the Judge of Compensation Claims. Ralph J. Humphries, Judge. Date of Accident: January 29, 2019. May 4, 2021 PER CURIAM. AFFIRMED. See § 112.18(1)(b), Fla. Stat. (2018) (providing for an occupational causation presumption for any condition or impairment of health caused by heart disease or hypertension suffered by a law enforcement officer as defined in section 943.10, Florida Statutes); § 943.10(1), Fla. Stat. (2018) (defining “law enforcement officer” as a person employed full-time by a political subdivision of the state, who is “vested with authority to bear arms and make arrests,” and who is primarily responsible for “the prevention and detection of crime or the enforcement of the penal, criminal, traffic or highway laws of the state”). ROWE, MAKAR, and OSTERHAUS, JJ., concur. _____________________________ Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331. _____________________________ John J. Rahaim II and Amie E. DeGuzman, Jacksonville, for Appellant. Michael J. Arington, Jacksonville, for Appellees. 2