Case Name: Horace FRANTZ, Petitioner, v. THUNDERBIRD DRIVE-IN THEATRES, INC. and Employers' Liability Assurance Corporation, and Florida Department of Commerce, Industrial Relations Commission, Respondents
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1971-02-03
Citations: 243 So. 2d 569
Docket Number: No. 39420
Parties: Horace FRANTZ, Petitioner, v. THUNDERBIRD DRIVE-IN THEATRES, INC. and Employers’ Liability Assurance Corporation, and Florida Department of Commerce, Industrial Relations Commission, Respondents.
Judges: ADKINS, BOYD and DREW (Retired), JJ., and SPECTOR, District Court Judge concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 243
Pages: 569–569

Head Matter:
Horace FRANTZ, Petitioner, v. THUNDERBIRD DRIVE-IN THEATRES, INC. and Employers’ Liability Assurance Corporation, and Florida Department of Commerce, Industrial Relations Commission, Respondents.
No. 39420.
Supreme Court of Florida.
Feb. 3, 1971.
Philip V. Salmon, of Tobin, Salmon & Feder, Coral Gables, for petitioner.
Ronald FitzGerald, of Fleming, O’Bryan & Fleming, Fort Lauderdale, Patrick H. Mears and J. Franklin Garner, Tallahassee, for respondents.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
By petition for writ of certiorari we are requested to review an order of the Industrial Relations Commission affirming an order of the Judge of Industrial Claims denying compensation to petitioner because at the time of the accident petitioner was an independent contractor rather than an employee.
Our consideration of the petition, briefs, oral argument and the record leads us to conclude that the finding of the Judge of Industrial Claims was supported by substantial, competent evidence. Accordingly, we must hold that the affirming order of the Industrial Relations Commission does not entail a departure from the essential requirements of law.
The petition is therefore denied.
ADKINS, BOYD and DREW (Retired), JJ., and SPECTOR, District Court Judge concur.
ERVIN, Acting C. J., dissents.