EASTERN ELEVATOR COMPANY v. HEDMAN

No. 44454.

290 So.2d 56 (1974)

EASTERN ELEVATOR COMPANY, and Travelers Insurance Company, Petitioners, v. Lenart C. HEDMAN et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

February 13, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Frieder of Law Offices of Joel R. Teague, Coral Gables, for petitioners.


DEKLE, Justice.

In this certiorari petition by the employer to the Industrial Relations Commission, the respondent is a physician who treated an injured employee. The compensability of the injury under our Workmen's Compensation Law has not yet been determined so far as the record before us discloses. A physician cannot initiate compensation proceedings as an independent "claimant" in workmen's compensation for his services; his claim is dismissed and attorney...

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