PRIDGEN v. INTERNATIONAL CUSHION COMPANY


88 So.2d 286 (1956)

Ruth PRIDGEN and Henry Pridgen, Jr., a minor, Petitioners, v. INTERNATIONAL CUSHION COMPANY, Employer, The Travelers Insurance Company, Carrier, and Florida Industrial Commission, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida, Special Division A.

Rehearing Denied May 21, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dale, Scott & Singer and Paris G. Singer, Fort Lauderdale, for petitioners.

Fleming, O'Bryan & Fleming, Fort Lauderdale, Burnis T. Coleman and Rodney Durrance, Tallahassee, for respondents.


DREW, Chief Justice.

The following facts in this workmen's compensation case are undisputed and without conflict. Henry Pridgen, the deceased, was employed by International Cushion Company to drive a truck and to load and unload items transported for his employer. January 13, 1955 the deceased and a fellow employee were directed to move some mattresses from one location to another. Between nine and ten o'clock in the morning...

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