SHAW v. BURK BUILDERS, INC.

No. 39507.

240 So.2d 297 (1970)

John Ellis SHAW, Petitioner, v. BURK BUILDERS, INC., Cosmopolitan Mutual Insurance Company and the Florida Department of Commerce, Industrial Relations Commission, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

October 28, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Timothy H. Kenney of Wicker, Smith, Pyszka, Blomqvist & Davant, Miami, Patrick H. Mears and J. Franklin Garner, Tallahassee, for respondents


BOYD, Justice.

This cause is before us on petition for writ of certiorari to review the decision of the Industrial Relations Commission which reversed the award of 42% permanent partial disability to petitioner herein.

Petitioner sustained a permanent back injury by accident arising out of and in the course of his employment on March 14, 1968, when he fell about 10 feet into a ditch, landing on his back on some lumber. The employer-carrier voluntarily paid...

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