Officer's Surgery for Pacemaker Repairs Didn't Give Rise to New 'Date of Injury'

  A police officer who was hospitalized to undergo repairs to the cardiac pacemaker that had been installed to treat a heart condition which was not compensable could not get benefits for his period of disability from the pacemaker surgery, a Florida appellate court ruled. Case: Smith v. City of Daytona Beach Police Department, No. 1D13-4409, 07/16/2014, published. Facts: Leon Smith began working as a police officer for the City of Daytona Beach in 2001. In 2007, doctors diagnosed him with dilated cardiomyopathy and he received a heart transplant. Before he could return to work, Smit...