Brown v. Winter Haven Citrus Growers Ass'n

McCORD, GUYTE P., Jr., Circuit Judge.

Petitioner, a citrus grove worker, after reporting to work on July 21, 1962, was injured in an automobile accident when he lost control of his car while driving alone to a citrus grove assigned to him and his crew for spraying. The claim was controverted by respondent, employer-carrier, on grounds that the cause of the accident was intoxication of petitioner, and that the accident did not arise out of and in the course of his employment. The deputy commissioner found there was insufficient evidence to sustain the allegation of intoxication as a cause, but…