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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Emergency One, Inc. v. Keffer
652 So.2d 1233 (Fla. 1st DCA 1995)
Court determined that allegations of plaintiff's
complaint were not of a sufficient nature to warrant a
civil cause of action against the employer in violation
of the exclusive remedy provisions of the Florida
Workers' Compensation statute. Court adhered to a
strict interpretation of the workers' compensation
immunity provisions. In reviewing those cases where
the exclusive remedy provisions did not preclude civil
liability, the court determined that those cases share
the common thread of a strong indication by the
employer to deceive or cover up the danger involved so
that the employee had no way to appraise himself of the
dangers involved and thereby make a reasoned judgment
as to his course of action. In this case, there was no
evidence to support a view of intentional
misrepresentation of the dangers involved. Similarly,
although there were allegations that safety precautions
were withheld, there was no evidence of a concerted
intentional effort to do so.
