Fidelity & Casualty Co. of New York v. Scott

ROBERT P. SMITH, Jr., Judge.

The deputy commissioner, exercising jurisdiction as approved in Fireman's Fund Ins. Co. v. Rich, 220 So.2d 369 (Fla.1969), and Int’l Piling, Inc. v. American Nat’l Fire Ins. Co., 345 So.2d 761 (Fla. 4th DCA 1977), determined that the worker’s compensation insurance policy issued by appellant to appellee Expeditions Unlimited was in effect on the date of appellee Scott’s accident. That decision is necessarily predicated on the view that a premium check received by the insurer after sending notice of cancellation for nonpayment of premium was accepted when deposited…