EASTERN AIRLINES v. RIGDON

No. 88-2565.

543 So.2d 822 (1989)

EASTERN AIRLINES and North River Insurance Company, Appellants, v. Chandler RIGDON, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied June 14, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert P. Byelick, of Lyle & Skipper, P.A., St. Petersburg, for appellants.

George B. Cappy, Tampa, for appellee.


WIGGINTON, Judge.

This is an appeal from an award of workers' compensation benefits based upon the deputy commissioner's finding that the injury incurred by claimant while skiing was compensable. We reverse.

Claimant, employed by Eastern Airlines as a flight attendant, suffered a serious fracture of his leg in a skiing accident while on a 24-hour layover in Portland, Oregon. Claimant was scheduled to leave from Portland and eventually to return to his final...

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