ORLANDO WASTE PAPER CO. v. MEADOWS

No. AW-82.

460 So.2d 434 (1984)

ORLANDO WASTE PAPER COMPANY and Johns Eastern Company, Appellants, v. Bobby MEADOWS (Deceased), Cathy Meadows (Wife), and Bobby Meadows, III (Son), Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied January 3, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Cooper and Robert A. Donahue of Cooper, Rissman, Weisberg & Jeffery, Orlando, for appellants.

James M. Magee of Neduchal & Magee, Orlando, for appellees.


THOMPSON, Judge.

The employer/carrier (E/C) appeal an order awarding death benefits to appellees, the wife and son of the deceased employee. The deputy commissioner (deputy) found: (1) that despite a blood alcohol level of .149%, intoxication was not the primary cause of the accident which resulted in the employee's death, and (2) that the presumption created by § 440.09(3), Fla. Stat. that the employee's death was occasioned primarily by his intoxication was...

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