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Zerwal v. Caribbean Modes, Inc.

Supreme Court of Florida
Nov 15, 1962
145 So. 2d 878 (Fla. 1962)

Opinion

No. 31766.

October 12, 1962. Rehearing Denied November 15, 1962.

Gerald Shapiro, Miami, for petitioner.

Welsh, Cornell, Pyszka Carlton, Miami, Burnis T. Coleman and Patrick H. Mears, Tallahassee, for respondents.


The record and the evidence in this case have been examined. It comes as near being a "red cow" case to Spivey v. Battaglia Fruit Company, Fla. 1962, 138 So.2d 308, as one will find in the practice, though opposite conclusions were reached and a different judgment was entered in the two cases. A reading of the deputy commissioner's order in the case at bar reveals that the conclusion of fact and law detailed in the instant case was predicated largely on the premise that the claimant must prove and "incident which would amount to an accident," before he can recover. I think this doctrine was limited or materially modified in Victor Wine Liquor, Inc. v. Beasley, Fla. 1962, 141 So.2d 581, 588, and Spivey v. Battaglia Fruit Company, supra. The deputy's order and the full commission's affirmance thereof were filed prior to this court's opinions in the said cases and neither the deputy commissioner nor the full commission had the advantage of them.

For these reasons I think this court should quash the order of the full commission and remand the cause to the deputy commissioner with instructions to reconsider his finding and judgment in the light of what we held in Victor Wine Liquor, Inc. v. Beasley, and Spivey v. Battaglia Fruit Company, supra. He may or he may not reach the same conclusion.

It is so ordered.

THORNAL, CALDWELL, HOBSON (Ret.) JJ., and SMITH, Circuit Judge, concur.


Summaries of

Zerwal v. Caribbean Modes, Inc.

Supreme Court of Florida
Nov 15, 1962
145 So. 2d 878 (Fla. 1962)
Case details for

Zerwal v. Caribbean Modes, Inc.

Case Details

Full title:HAIM ELLIOT ZERWAL, PETITIONER, v. CARIBBEAN MODES, INC., SECURITY MUTUAL…

Court:Supreme Court of Florida

Date published: Nov 15, 1962

Citations

145 So. 2d 878 (Fla. 1962)

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