Legal Opinion

Sikes v. Fort Myers Construction Co.

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided September 28, 1966No. 34940PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DREW, Justice.

This cause is before us óíi á petition for certiorari to review an order of the full commission reversing an order of the deputy. The pivotal question is the existence vel non of jurisdiction in the Florida Industrial Commission. At the time of his injury on September 8, 1962, the claimant was employed in a dredging operation in which his employer was clearing land and cutting canals for the Cape Coral Land Development Corporation. The canals were begun at the Caloosahatchee River and dead ended in the residential development. The canals were made by means of a dredge fitted…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Calbeck v. Travelers Insurance Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
  2. McKie v. Diamond Marine Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1953
  3. Atlas Iron & Metal Co. v. HesserSupreme Court of Florida · 1965
  4. Andersen v. Olympian Dredging Co.District Court, N.D. California · 1944
  5. Frazie v. Orleans Dredging Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1938

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Potashnick-Badgett Dredging Incorporated v. WhitfieldDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1972
  2. Garrisey v. Westshore Marina AssociatesCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1970
  3. City of Plantation v. RobertsSupreme Court of Florida · 1976
  4. McCabe v. Ball Builders, Inc., Circuit Court of the 7th Judicial Circuit of Florida, Flagler County1973

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