City of Miami v. Ford

BOYD, Justice.

This cause is before us on petition for writ of certiorari to review the order of the Industrial Relations Commission reversing the Judge of Industrial Claims’ denial of the claim.

Claimant, respondent herein, sought benefits allegedly due as a result of an injury to his left foot on June 24, 1969, when the sanitation truck on which he was riding went into a hole and claimant’s foot was bent backwards against a brace on the rear platform where he was standing with three other employees. The City denied com-pensability on the ground that no employer-employee relationship existed…