JEFFERS v. PAN AMERICAN ENVELOPE COMPANY

No. 33748.

172 So.2d 577 (1965)

Maxine JEFFERS, Petitioner, v. PAN AMERICAN ENVELOPE COMPANY, Iowa Home Mutual Casualty Co., and the Florida Industrial Commission, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

March 10, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John V. Christie and Allen Clements, Miami, for petitioner.

Howard N. Pelzner, Miami, Patrick H. Mears, Tallahassee, and J. Franklin Garner, Lakeland, for respondents.


THORNAL, Justice.

We have for review an order of the Florida Industrial Commission which reversed an order of a deputy who had awarded additional benefits to an employee because of a change in her condition.

The principal point for decision is whether a deputy commissioner may rely upon lay testimony as against medical testimony in a modification proceeding.

Claimant Maxine Jeffers sustained a compensable industrial injury on February 3, 1960. She...

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