Direct Oil Corp. v. Coleman
Direct Oil Corp. v. Coleman
Opinion of the Court
By petition and cross-petition for writ of certiorari we have for review an order of the Florida Industrial Commission bearing date January 24, 1968. Our consideration of the petitions, the record and briefs, and oral argument heard, leads us to conclude that the petition and cross-petition for certiora-ri should be and are hereby denied.
Attorney’s fee in the amount of $300.00 is awarded to claimant’s attorney.
It is so ordered.
070rehearing
ON REHEARING GRANTED
The original petition and cross-petition for certiorari in this case were directed to an order of the Commission affirming an award for total disability apportioned sixty percent to a pre-existing aneurysm. Petition for rehearing by cross-petitioner has been granted on the issue of apportionment.
The order awarding benefits in this case accepts the testimony of physicians who acknowledged that a cerebral aneurysm may spontaneously rupture but were unable to make any statement whatever as to the reasonable medical probability of such in the present case. The finding of causal realtionship between claimant’s employment and his internal accident is sustained by the record. In this situation, the fact that no rupture would have occurred without the aneurysm, a pre-existing non-disabling congenital weakness, is wholly irrelevant to the determination of compensa-bility and provides no basis for apportionment under our law.
The order of this Court denying petition and cross-petition herein is accordingly amended to grant the cross-petition. The Commission’s order of affirmance is quashed, and the cause remanded for disposition in accordance with this opinion.
CALDWELL, C. J., and ROBERTS, J., dissent.
. Fla., 196 So.2d 748. See also Robinette v. E. R. Jahna Industries, Inc., Fla.1968, 208 So.2d 104.
Reference
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- DIRECT OIL CORPORATION, and Insurance Company of North America v. William COLEMAN and the Florida Industrial Commission, an Administrative Agency
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