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.