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ALLEN v. ESTATE OF CARMAN

No. 30472.

446 F.2d 1276 (1971)

Mrs. John W. ALLEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The ESTATE of Charles Francis CARMAN, Mrs. Sylvia Carman, Executrix, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 7, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene R. Kiser, Warren A. Rosser, Atlanta, Ga., Leonard Jaffe, Miami, Fla., Beasley, Kahn, Rosser & Kiser, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellant.

James A. Smith, Miami, Fla., Fred C. Davant, Miami, Fla., Wicker, Smith, Pyszka, Blomqvist & Davant, Miami, Fla., for defendants-appellees.

Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, PHILLIPS and INGRAHAM, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

The issues presented by this appeal are related to the parties' dispute over the correct interpretation of the Florida Workmen's Compensation Law, 15 F.S.A. § 440.01 et seq., and the question of whether it provides the exclusive remedy for the plaintiff-appellant, thus barring her common law action against the employer for the death of her husband. Because assessments of legislative policies underlying the...

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