Legal Opinion

Lyng v. Rao

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided April 23, 1954PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

72 So.2d 53 (1954)

LYNG

v.

RAO et al.

Supreme Court of Florida. Special Division B.

April 23, 1954.

Thacker & Thacker, Kissimmee, for appellant.

Sanders, McEwen & Berson, Orlando, for appellees.

DREW, Justice.

Petitioner, Elsie Lyng, claims Workmen's Compensation benefits for injuries which she says she received when struck by lightning during a thunderstorm while engaged in her employment as a stenographer for the Osceola Hospital in Kissimmee, Florida, on June 14, 1951. It is not denied that she was engaged in her employment at the time of the alleged injury. The controversy has reached us because…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. City Ice & Fuel Division v. SmithSupreme Court of Florida · 1952
  2. American Airmotive Corp. v. MooreSupreme Court of Florida · 1952
  3. Ford Motor Co. v. Industrial CommissionIllinois Supreme Court · 1934
  4. Fort Pierce Growers Assn. v. StoreySupreme Court of Florida · 1946
  5. Matter of Greenberg v. SolomonickNew York Court of Appeals · 1949

3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Gilliam v. StewartSupreme Court of Florida · 1974
  2. Carraway v. Armour and CompanySupreme Court of Florida · 1963
  3. Todd v. GoostreeMissouri Court of Appeals · 1973
  4. Foxworth v. Florida Industrial CommissionSupreme Court of Florida · 1955
  5. Executive Car & Truck Leasing v. DeSerioDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1985

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