Howard v. Department of Public Safety

JAMES LAWRENCE KING, Circuit Judge.

The Petitioner seeks review by certiorari of an order of the Florida Industrial Commission, reversing the order of the Deputy Commissioner holding the claimant entitled to workmen’s compensation benefits for injuries sustained in the course of his employment as a Florida Highway Patrolman.

On September 27, 1963, at approximately 10:30 p. m. the Petitioner Patrolman Richard Hulen Howard, while dismantling a radar machine used for the control of traffic, lifted a heavy battery and container from the ground into the trunk of a highway patrol car. The Petitioner…