Sidney J. MacArages v. Raymond Concrete Pile Company, Thomas Herring, Alias Jessie Thomas Herring v. Raymond Concrete Pile Company

TUTTLE, Circuit Judge.

These appeals present the question whether workers in statutory “hazardous occupations” in Florida are covered by the Florida Workmen’s Compensation Act, or whether they are given a distinct and separate status by the Hazardous Occupation Act 1 which leaves open to them the right to sue as at common law, with some of the common law defenses removed.

The two appellants here separately sued appellee in the trial court on the theory that under the terms of the Hazardous Occupation Act they could sue their employer for damages for injuries received by them while engaged in…