SOUTHEASTERN UTILITIES SERVICE COMPANY v. REDDING

No. 30941.

131 So.2d 1 (1961)

SOUTHEASTERN UTILITIES SERVICE COMPANY and The Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York, Petitioners, v. Frank REDDING and Florida Industrial Commission, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

June 7, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leo M. Alpert, Miami, for petitioners.

Edward N. Moore of Walters, Moore & Costanzo, Miami, Paul E. Speh and Burnis T. Coleman, Tallahassee, for respondents.


DREW, Justice.

This compensation case presents the very narrow issue of whether, under the provisions of Section 440.30, Florida Statutes (1959), F.S.A., construed in pari materia with Rule 1.21 of the 1954 Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, 30 F.S.A., an employer or carrier voluntarily paying compensation to an injured employee may take the employee's deposition prior to the filing of a formal claim by such employee.

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