ALAN WRIGHT FUNERAL HOMES v. SIMPSON


93 So.2d 375 (1957)

ALAN WRIGHT FUNERAL HOMES, Inc., a Florida corporation, and United States Casualty Company, a corporation, Petitioners, v. Alex SIMPSON and The Florida Industrial Commission, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida, Special Division A.

March 6, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smathers, Thompson & Dyer, Miami, for petitioners.

Nichols, Gaither, Green, Frates & Beckham, M. Dudley Burton, Miami, Rodney Durrance and Burnis T. Coleman, Tallahassee, for respondents.


DREW, Justice.

This case requires the application of undisputed concrete facts to the general language of the Workmen's Compensation Act, to determine if the particular injury is compensable as "arising out of and in the course of employment." Section 440.09 (1), Florida Statutes 1955, F.S.A. The test is the relationship of an event to an employment.

The employee of the funeral parlor was struck by an automobile as he was in the process of crossing a street...

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