Miranda v. Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance

DREW, Justice.

The judge of Industrial Claims in this Workmen’s Compensation case found that at the time of the accident claimant was an employee within the meaning and intent of Section 440.02(2) (a), Florida Statutes 1967, F.S.A.,1 and is eligible for benefits under the Act. The focal point here is the decision of the Full Commission that claimant was an agricultural laborer exempted from coverage of the Act by Section 440.-02(1) (c) 3 of the Act.2

At the time of the accident, claimant was a 50-year old Puerto Rican whom the employer had hired on a seasonal basis 18 years earlier to pick…