EDWARD J. GERRITS, INC. v. McKINNEY

No. YY-424.

410 So.2d 542 (1982)

EDWARD J. GERRITS, INC. and United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Appellants, v. Stanley McKINNEY, Deceased, Isaac Mae McKinney, Wife, Norman Eric Olson, Deceased, Betty Olson, Wife, Ashemimry-Stirr Construction Company, United Commercial Agencies, Ltd., and the Division of Workers' Compensation, Appellees. ASHEMIMRY-STIRR CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, Cross-Appellant, v. Stanley McKINNEY, Deceased, Isaac Mae McKinney, Wife, Norman Eric Olson, Deceased, Betty Olson, Wife, Edward J. Gerrits, Inc., United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, United Commercial Agencies, Ltd. and the Division of Workers' Compensation, Cross-Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied March 16, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Summers Warden, Miami, for appellants.

Harold Mendelow of Solomon & Mendelow, Miami Springs, for appellee McKinney.

Jerold Feur, Miami, for appellee Olson.

Richard E. Gerstein and Paul M. Rashkind of Sams, Gerstein & Ward, Miami, for cross-appellant Ashemimry-Stirr Const. Co.


JOANOS, Judge.

This workers' compensation appeal concerns the operation and management of a construction project in Saudi Arabia. The order dealt with the consolidated claims of the dependents of both McKinney and Olson, who were killed simultaneously in an automobile accident on September 25, 1978 while working on the construction of a hospital. In the order, the deputy found that Edward J. Gerrits, Inc. ["G. Inc."], a Florida corporation, was a joint venturer with...

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