RATLIFF v. GRAVES BROTHERS COMPANY

No. 40120.

245 So.2d 238 (1971)

James RATLIFF, Petitioner, v. GRAVES BROTHERS COMPANY, Federated Mutual Implement & Hardware Insurance Company and the Florida Department of Commerce Industrial Relations Commission, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

March 3, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald T. Nolan, Fort Lauderdale, for petitioner.

Bernard J. Zimmerman, of Akerman, Senterfitt, Eidson & Wharton, Orlando, Patrick H. Mears and J. Franklin Garner, Tallahassee, for respondents.


BOYD, Justice.

This cause is before us on petition for writ of certiorari to the Florida Industrial Relations Commission.

Claimant, an illiterate laborer in his sixties, allegedly suffered an industrial accident in the course of his employment on March 7, 1969, resulting in hydrocell epididymitis orchitis and low back injury. After the accident, claimant made some attempts to return to his usual employment but was unable to do the work. Representatives of...

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