Bituminous Casualty Corp. v. Richardson

The appeal brings for review judgment of the Circuit Court affirming an award which was made by the Florida Industrial Commission which in turn was affirming an award made by Deputy Commissioner.

The sole question involved is, whether or not the injury occurred in an accident arising out of and in the course of the employment.

The facts, in short, as disclosed by the record, are: On April 6, 1940, claimant was employed by Allen Groves as a laborer in the task of loading, hauling, and unloading boxes of fruit from citrus groves to a packing house. A Mr. Delaplace was the foreman of Allen Groves…