FIDELITY & CAS. CO. v. N.E. DRYWALL CO.

No. BG-182.

487 So.2d 42 (1986)

FIDELITY & CASUALTY COMPANY OF NEW YORK, Appellant, v. NORTHEAST DRYWALL COMPANY, American Liberty Insurance Company, and Frank G. Carpenter, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied May 14, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James T. Earle, Jr., of Riden, Watson & Goldstein, St. Petersburg, for appellant.

John McQuigg, of Fowler, White, Gillen, Boggs, Villareal and Banker, Tampa, for appellee American Liberty Ins. Co.

No appearance for appellees, Northeast Drywall Co. and Frank G. Carpenter.


NIMMONS, Judge.

Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York (Fidelity) appeals from an order in which the deputy commissioner ordered Fidelity to pay compensation benefits to the claimant, Frank G. Carpenter, the deputy ruling that Fidelity was estopped to deny coverage. We reverse.

At the time of the subject accident on June 12, 1984, and for several years prior thereto, Claimant Carpenter was employed as a drywall finisher for the employer, Northeast Drywall...

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