ARKIN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY v. SIMPKINS


99 So.2d 557 (1957)

ARKIN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY and Bituminous Casualty Corporation, Petitioners, v. Alvin SIMPKINS, Deceased, Mrs. Katherine Simpkins, Gerald Simpkins and Florida Industrial Commission, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied November 7, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin H. Underwood, Jr., Miami, and Lawrence G. Lally, Coral Gables, for petitioners.

Nichols, Gaither, Green, Frates & Beckham, Miami, for Alvin Simpkins, Deceased, Katherine Simpkins and Gerald Simpkins.

Rodney Durrance, Tallahassee, for Florida Industrial Commission.


O'CONNELL, Justice.

The widow and minor son of the deceased claimant, Alvin Simpkins, Sr., were awarded death benefits by the Deputy Commissioner. The carrier and employer, Bituminous Casualty Corporation and Arkin Construction Company, petition this Court for writ of certiorari to review the order of the full commission which affirmed the award made by the Deputy Commissioner.

Simpkins, the deceased claimant, was...

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