NEWTON v. McCOTTER MOTORS, INC.

No. 65764.

475 So.2d 230 (1985)

Betty NEWTON, Petitioner, v. McCOTTER MOTORS, INC., and Corporate Group Service, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

August 30, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Sicking of Kaplan, Sicking, Hessen, Sugarman, Rosenthal, Susskind, Bloom & DeCastro, Miami, for petitioner.

B.C. Pyle, Orlando, for respondents.


ALDERMAN, Justice.

We review the decision of the District Court of Appeal, First District, in McCotter Motors, Inc. v. Newton, 453 So.2d 117 (Fla. 1st DCA 1984), wherein the First District upheld the constitutional validity of section 440.16(1), Florida Statutes* which requires, in order for death to be compensable under the Workers' Compensation Law, that death must result within one year of...

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