Court Revives Pharmacist's PTSD Claim from Armed Robbery

A Florida appellate court has revived a pharmacist's claim for benefits based on her post-traumatic stress disorder from a 2010 robbery that occurred while she was six months pregnant. The court said the trial judge erred by conflating the question of whether Sharon McIntosh's mental injury arose out of her employment with an inquiry as to whether her PTSD occurred as a manifestation of a compensable physical injury.Florida Statutes Section 440.093 generally provides that mental injuries caused by "stress, fright or excitement only" will not be compensable. However, subsection (1)...