SONITROL SOUTHEAST, INC. v. NORTHCUTT

No. OO-291.

386 So.2d 76 (1980)

SONITROL SOUTHEAST, INC. and Sentry Insurance Co., Appellants, v. Dennis M. NORTHCUTT, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

August 4, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard G. Davis, of Fowler, White, Gillen, Boggs, Villareal & Banker, Tampa, for appellants.

Clifford R. Opp, Jr., of Peavyhouse, Giglio, Grant, Clark & Charlton, Tampa, for appellee.


ROBERT P. SMITH, Jr., Judge.

Substantial competent evidence supports the deputy commissioner's finding that Northcutt's heart attack was compensable by the standard of Victor Wine & Liquor, Inc. v. Beasley, 141 So.2d 581 (Fla. 1962). On this record the deputy commissioner could properly have concluded that climbing a 20-foot stack of plywood in lieu of a ladder, while installing wiring, produced an unusual strain or exertion...

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