City of Tallahassee v. Roberts

ADAMS, J.:

This appeal is to challenge a judgment upholding an award of compensation granted pursuant to our Workmen’s Compensation Law, Sec. 440.01, et seq. For an injury to be compensable under this Act it must be an injury by accident, arising out of and in the course of the employment. The occurrence of an accident is one prerequsiite to any award of compensation for an injury. The Act defines an accident as: “ ‘Accident’ shall mean only an unexpected or unusual event, happening suddenly.” (Sec. 440.02 [19], F.S. ’41, F.S.A.) Several times we have construed this Act. See Kress & Co., et…