EVERGREEN SOD FARMS, INC. v. McCLENDON

No. BM-373.

513 So.2d 1311 (1987)

EVERGREEN SOD FARMS, INC. and Insurance Company of North America, Appellants, v. Vontarous McCLENDON, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied November 5, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry D. Robinson, of Harry D. Robinson, P.A., West Palm Beach, and Debra Levy Neimark, of Neimark & Neimark, Coral Springs, for appellants.

Thomas Montgomery, of Thomas Montgomery, P.A., Belle Glade, for appellee.


SHIVERS, Judge.

The employer/carrier (E/C) in this workers' compensation action appeal the deputy commissioner's award of death benefits to the appellee, Vontarous McClendon. We agree that the award of death benefits was erroneous, and reverse.

The original claimant, Lamar Tarver, was killed in a compensable industrial accident on January 26, 1984. Death benefits were sought by Mahala Tarver and Vontarous McClendon. Mahala Tarver, also known as Mahala Baker...

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