PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS v. WILMOT

No. BI-31.

492 So.2d 1373 (1986)

PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS and Travelers Insurance Company, Appellants, v. Bonita WILMOT, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

August 20, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Guy A. Gladson, Jr., of Gladson & Sullivan, Miami, for appellants.

Stacy J. Ritter, of Pelzner, Schwedock, Finkelstein & Klausner, for appellee.


ERVIN, Judge.

This is an appeal of an award of workers' compensation benefits, based upon a finding that injuries occurring to a worker injured while attempting to light a cigarette were compensable. We affirm.

Appellee is a stewardess employed by Pan American Airlines. In such capacity, appellee, while having dinner at one of several restaurants assigned by her employer during a layover in Caracas, Venezuela, on October 17, 1983, attempted to light a cigarette...

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