Pompano Pipelayers Co. v. Special Disability Fund

ERVIN, Justice.

Claimant’s employer and carrier seek review of the Industrial Relations Commission’s reversal of the Judge of Industrial Claims’ reimbursement award from the Special Disability Fund. The Commission felt there was no competent substantial evidence to support the Judge’s finding.

The Claimant, James Dudley, injured his back in a compensable accident in 1961. His back was reinjured in 1964 while he was working for Petitioner Pompano Pipe-layers Company, Inc. The Deputy Commissioner found that he had sustained a fifty per cent permanent partial disability to his body as a whole and…