Hanover Insurance Co. v. Florida Industrial Commission

BOYD, Justice.

These consolidated cases are before us on petition for writ of certiorari by Hanover Insurance Company seeking reversal of the order of the Florida Industrial Relations Commission filed April IS, 1969, affirming an award of compensation benefits to the widow and children of deceased employee, A. J. Blash, and on petition for writ of prohibition to prevent the Industrial Relations Commission from exercising jurisdiction over the Hanover Insurance Company in connection with this claim.

The employee Blash was killed on December 1, 1966, when an asphalt truck he was filling exploded…