VANDIVER v. WATFORD

No. 34209.

178 So.2d 195 (1965)

Dorothy VANDIVER, widow of James R. Vandiver, deceased, and Debra Vandiver, minor daughter of James R. Vandiver, deceased, Petitioners, v. John Ed WATFORD and the Florida Industrial Commission, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied September 28, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steve M. Watkins of Truett & Watkins, Tallahassee, and William L. Ranaghan of Sullivan, Cochran & Ranaghan, Pompano Beach, for petitioners.

Carlton & McCain, Ft. Pierce, Patrick H. Mears, Tallahassee, and J. Franklin Garner, Lakeland, for respondents.


DREW, Justice.

Petitioners, the widow and dependent child of a deceased truck driver, seek review by petition for writ of certiorari, of an order of the full commission reversing the deputy commissioner's order which granted petitioners death benefits under the Workmen's Compensation Act. Their husband and father had been employed by the respondent-employer to drive a large semitruck hauling pulp-feed from processing plants to consumers. The accident which took his...

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