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.
To view the case summaries, select one of the general topics listed below.
Deen v. Quantum Resources, Inc. & Florida Power & Light Company
24 FLW S489
Defendant Public Utility Company contracted with
subcontractor to do certain work. The
contract required the self insured public utility
company to provide workers' compensation to employees
of all subcontractors including the plaintiff's
employer who was doing work on the public utility job.
Plaintiff filed cause of action against public utility
and the question in this case was whether the workers'
compensation immunity provisions were applicable
immunizing the public utility from civil liability.
Court determined that the contractual assumption by the
self insured public utility of the obligation to
provide workers' compensation to employees of
subcontractors did not give the utility immunity from
suit as a third party tortfeasor. Exclusive remedy
applies only upon statutorily defined employers who
have the statutory liability for workers' compensation
coverage not employers assuming responsibility to
provide workers' compensation on a contractual basis.
