Davis v. Conger Life Insurance

ERVIN, Justice.

This is a certiorari proceeding wherein the claimant in a workmen’s compensation *729case seeks the quashal of an order of the Florida Industrial Commission reversing an order ’of its Deputy Commissioner finding in favor of the claimant. The Respondent carrier cross-petitioned, contending claimant, through his treating physician, improperly retained the services of a heart specialist without request or authorization of carrier.

In 1962, while in the employ of the respondent company, Petitioner suffered a heart attack, resulting in his being off from work for approximately ninety…