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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Ramos v. Univision Holdings, Inc.
638 So.2d 130 (Fla. 3rd DCA 1994), 19 FLW D1241
An owner of property must be a contractor or statutory
employer within the meaning of the Workers'
Compensation Act and thus liable for securing workers'
compensation coverage in order to be entitled to
workers' compensation immunity pursuant to Section
440.11, Florida Statute. Supreme Court reversed lower
court's decision which had allowed a property owner who
hired a general contractor to perform work to be immune
from liability under the Florida Workers' Compensation
Act.
A District Court of Appeal is generally without
jurisdiction to review a non-final order denying a
motion for summary judgment. A limited exception to
that rule applies to motions for summary judgment
relating to the exclusive remedy provisions of the
Florida Workers' Compensation Act. This limited
exception to the jurisdiction to consider non-final
orders cannot be extended to consider other issues not
directly related to the workers' compensation immunity
issue. In this case, the issue of workers'
compensation immunity was considered by the court.
However, through this interlocutory appeals process,
the court refused to determine whether summary judgment
was properly granted or denied pursuant to general
principles of negligence law.
