TOTAL SIGNS & LIGHTING, INC. v. Barrios

District Court of Appeal of Florida

TOTAL SIGNS & LIGHTING, INC. v. Barrios

59 So. 3d 1170, 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 3168, 2011 WL 799751

District Court of Appeal of Florida·Decided March 9, 2011·No. 3D10-772·Published

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

Because the appellant-defendant-employer was entitled to workers’ compensation immunity from common law liability to the appellee-employee for injuries in a construction accident as a matter of law, see sections 440.02(15)(c)(3); 440.11(1), Fla. Stat. (2006), the trial court should have granted the defendant’s motion for directed verdict below. The judgment under review in appellee’s favor is therefore reversed and the cause remanded with directions to enter one for the appellant.

Reversed and remanded.

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PER CURIAM.

Because the appellant-defendant-employer was entitled to workers’ compensation immunity from common law liability to the appellee-employee for injuries in a construction accident as a matter of law, see sections 440.02(15)(c)(3); 440.11(1), Fla. Stat. (2006), the trial court should have granted the defendant’s motion for directed verdict below. The judgment under review in appellee’s favor is therefore reversed and the cause remanded with directions to enter one for the appellant.

Reversed and remanded.

TOTAL SIGNS & LIGHTING, INC. v. Barrios, 59 So. 3d 1170, 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 3168, 2011 WL 799751 (Fla. Ct. App. 2011).

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