SIELICKI v. NEW YORK YANKEES

No. RR-95.

388 So.2d 25 (1980)

John SIELICKI, Appellant, v. NEW YORK YANKEES and U.S. Fidelity & Guaranty Insurance Company, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

September 15, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark L. Zientz of Williams & Zientz, Coral Gables, for appellant.

Summers Warden, Miami, for appellees.


SHIVERS, Judge.

Appellant/claimant John Sielicki, a New York Yankees baseball player, was denied a workmen's compensation claim on the grounds that he failed to show his disability resulted from an accident on April 7, 1978, the last day he played for the Yankee organization. We find claimant is entitled to compensation and reverse.

Appellee maintains the claim was properly denied because no unusual, unexpected damage occurred suddenly to appellant. While...

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