1st DCA Rejects Smoker's Claim That Concrete Dust Caused Respiratory Condition

A Florida appellate court upheld a judge’s finding that a worker with a long history of heavy smoking was not entitled to benefits for a respiratory condition that he blamed on his 11 days of industrial exposure to concrete dust. Case: Blanco v. Creative Management Services LLC, No. 1D18-3745, 10/17/2019, published. Facts: Ernesto Blanco smoked cigarettes for 17 years before he started working for Creative Management Services LLC. He smoked somewhere between half pack to three packs per day. In November 2017, Blanco’s primary care doctor noted that he required frequent use of an...