GORE NEWSPAPERS CO. v. LOVETT

No. TT-247.

393 So.2d 1152 (1981)

GORE NEWSPAPERS CO. and Zurich Insurance Co., Appellants, v. Lilla LOVETT, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied March 3, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph H. Lowe of Marlow, Shofi, Ortmayer, Smith, Connell & Valeriusl, Miami, for appellants.

Dennis M. Usban of Nolan & Usban, Ft. Lauderdale, for appellee.


THOMPSON, Judge.

The appellants challenge a workers' compensation Order, contending that the claimant's accident did not arise out of her employment. We agree and reverse.

The claimant, while working one evening, suffered from a headache and experienced nausea. She decided to go to a nearby bathroom to lie down for a few minutes, and on the way to the bathroom, she fainted and fell to a linoleum-covered concrete floor, thereby injuring her back. A claim was...

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