Case Name: HOWARD JOHNSON, INC. OF FLORIDA, et al., Petitioners, v. Angela ESCOBEDO et al., Respondents
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1974-04-17
Citations: 299 So. 2d 582
Docket Number: No. 44584
Parties: HOWARD JOHNSON, INC. OF FLORIDA, et al., Petitioners, v. Angela ESCOBEDO et al., Respondents.
Judges: ROBERTS, Acting C. J., ERVIN and BOYD, JJ., and HENDRY, District Court Judge, concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 299
Pages: 582–583

Head Matter:
HOWARD JOHNSON, INC. OF FLORIDA, et al., Petitioners, v. Angela ESCOBEDO et al., Respondents.
No. 44584.
Supreme Court of Florida.
April 17, 1974.
Rehearing Denied June 11, 1974.
Summers Warden, Coral Gables, for petitioners.
Alfred D. Bieley, Miami, for respondents.

Opinion:
McCAIN, Justice.
This case arises under a fact situation similar to International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 349 v. Albury, Fla., 299 So.2d 581, presenting this same issue for determination by this Court: i. e. whether the JIC has authority to dismiss a claim for failure to comply with an order requiring the claimant to report for a physical re-examination.
We held in Albury that the JIC does have that authority under our earlier pronouncement in John Gaul Construction Company v. Harbin, 247 So.2d 33 (Fla. 1971) and for that reason we reverse the decision of the IRC in this cause and remand for reinstatement of the order of the JIC.
It is so ordered.
ROBERTS, Acting C. J., ERVIN and BOYD, JJ., and HENDRY, District Court Judge, concur.