Legal Opinion
Wilson Cypress Company v. Miller
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided May 24, 1946PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ADAMS, J.:
John Miller was employed by Wilson Cypress Company to cut logs from the St. Johns River. The employer provided sleeping quarters in the form of a house-boat. Miller was sleeping in one when a fire occurred in which he lost his life. At the time of the fire the house-boat was anchored in the edge of the river on the Lake County side.
Miller’s widow filed a claim for compensation and the deputy commissioner made an award. The full commission approved the deputy commissioner’s finding in so far as he determined that Miller was injured within the course of his employment, but reversed…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- John H. Kaiser Lumber Co. v. Industrial CommissionWisconsin Supreme Court · 1923
- Guiliano v. Daniel O'Connell's SonsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1927
- Tigertail Quarries, Inc. v. WardSupreme Court of Florida · 1944
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