Atlas Iron & Metal Co. v. Hesser

CALDWELL, Justice.

This cause is before us on three petitions for writ of certiorari to review an order of the Florida Industrial Commission which reversed the order of the deputy commissioner.

The deputy found claimant suffered an accident while on board a ship, a naval landing craft, which was being converted to a barge and which, at the time, was “afloat on navigable waters.”

Although the identity of the employer was not determined, the carrier for the respondent Southeastern Towing and Transportation Company timely commenced payment of benefits under the Florida act but, after some eighteen…