FORT LAUDERDALE TRANSIT LINES v. BASS

No. 36436.

206 So.2d 390 (1968)

FORT LAUDERDALE TRANSIT LINES and Guaranty Security Insurance Company, Petitioners, v. James H. BASS and the Florida Industrial Commission, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

January 24, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walsh & Dolan, Fort Lauderdale, for petitioners.

Dudley Burton, Miami, Patrick H. Mears, Tallahassee and J. Franklin Garner, Lakeland, for respondents.


DREW, Justice.

The controlling question in this compensation case is whether the heart attack suffered by the bus driver claimant1 arose out of and in the course of his employment. The deputy found that it did, attributed 70% of the loss to an admittedly pre-existing arteriosclerosis and entered his award for 30% of claimant's compensation rate, 30% of medical, hospital and medication costs and costs, reserving the question of attorneys...

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