Case Name: TIERRA VERDE CITY, INC., and/or Berlanti Construction Company, Inc., and Employers Liability Assurance Corporation, Petitioners, v. Fred BERLANTI, (Deceased) and the Florida Industrial Commission, Respondents
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1966-11-23
Citations: 196 So. 2d 114
Docket Number: No. 35364
Parties: TIERRA VERDE CITY, INC., and/or Berlanti Construction Company, Inc., and Employers Liability Assurance Corporation, Petitioners, v. Fred BERLANTI, (Deceased) and the Florida Industrial Commission, Respondents.
Judges: THORNAL, C. J., ERVIN, J., and WAYBRIGHT, Circuit Judge, concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 196
Pages: 114–115

Head Matter:
TIERRA VERDE CITY, INC., and/or Berlanti Construction Company, Inc., and Employers Liability Assurance Corporation, Petitioners, v. Fred BERLANTI, (Deceased) and the Florida Industrial Commission, Respondents.
No. 35364.
Supreme Court of Florida.
Nov. 23, 1966.
Rehearing Denied Jan. 25, 1967.
Blackwell, Walker & Gray and John L. Welborn, Miami, for petitioners.
James T. Earle and Leslie D. Franklin, of Earle, Jones, Chambers & Franklin, W. Gray Dunlap, St. Petersburg, Patrick H. Mears, Tallahassee, and J. Franklin Garner, Lakeland, for respondents.

Opinion:
DREW, Justice.
Petitioner controverts an order of the Industrial Commission affirming an award of compensation for death benefits.
The deputy found, upon consideration of abundant circumstantial evidence detailed in his order, that Fred Berlanti met his death by accident occurring in the scope and course of employment with the petitioner corporation. Our review of the record indicates the award predicated on this finding was properly affirmed, upon application of the rule set out in the recent opinion in Melbourne Airways & Air College, Inc. et al. v. Thompson. Additional issues presented, relative to sufficiency of the order and propriety of fees awarded, have been determined in respondent's favor.
The petition is therefore denied.
THORNAL, C. J., ERVIN, J., and WAYBRIGHT, Circuit Judge, concur.
CALDWELL, J., dissents.
. Fla., 190 So.2d 305, opinion filed July 27, 1966.