Workers' Compensation
Listed below is McConnaughhay, Coonrod, Pope, Weaver & Stern, P.A.'s workers' compensation case law database. The database dates back until 1971 and includes over 5500 workers' compensation court decisions.
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Adams Fruit Company Inc. v. Barrett
58 FLW 4367, 494 US 638
Court determined that exclusive remedy provisions of
Florida Workers' Compensation Act did not bar civil
cause of action against employer under the terms of the
Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act
(AWPA) 29 USC 1801. Claimants suffered severe injuries
in an automobile accident while traveling to work in a
vehicle owned by the employer. As a result of that
accident benefits were received under the Florida
Workers' Compensation Law. Thereafter suit was filed
against the employer alleging intentional violations of
the AWPA's motor vehicle' safety provisions. Court
determined that AWPA preempts state law and accordingly
civil cause of action could be filed.