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MITCHELL BOYD LOGGING & PULPWOOD v. BOYD

No. QQ-404.

381 So.2d 268 (1980)

MITCHELL BOYD LOGGING & PULPWOOD and Certified Pulpwood Dealers, Appellants. v. Mitchell S. BOYD, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied March 27, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bette Towers Miller of Rogers, Towers, Bailey, Jones & Gay, Jacksonville, for appellants.

J. Randall Hooper of Scruggs, Carmichael, Long, Tomlinson, Roscow, Pridgeon, Helpling & Young, Gainesville, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Our interpretation of Section 440.02(2), Florida Statutes, (1975), leads us to the conclusion that an otherwise exempt employer may waive his exemption and bring himself within the protection of the Act by obtaining workmen's compensation insurance coverage specifically securing the benefits of the chapter. Allen v. Estate of Carman, 281 So.2d 317 (Fla. 1973); Strickland v. Al Landers Dump Trucks, Inc.,

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