DE CANCINO v. EASTERN AIR LINES

No. 39361.

239 So.2d 15 (1970)

Jo Ann Blaisdell de CANCINO, Petitioner, v. EASTERN AIR LINES, Continental Insurance Companies and Department of Commerce, Bureau of Workmen's Compensation, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied September 14, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon H. Brush, of Crabtree, Butler, Brush, Syprett & Meshad, Sarasota, for petitioner.

R.E. Hodges, of Lally, Miller & Hodges, Miami, Patrick H. Mears and J. Franklin Garner, Tallahassee, for respondents.


ADKINS, Justice.

The central question in this case involves the dismissal of claimant's claim for compensation in Florida, on grounds that another claim for compensation was pending in another state even though the claim in the sister state was dismissed before entry of the order dismissing the claim in Florida. In effect, the claimant is left without a forum from which to seek compensation for her injuries. The Judge of Industrial Claims in Florida dismissed claimant...

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