Lawton v. Alpine Engineered Products

Full title: CARL LAWTON AND MARY LAWTON, HIS WIFE, APPELLANTS, v. ALPINE ENGINEERED…

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Oct 28, 1985

476 So. 2d 233 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985)

Opinion

No. 84-2383.

August 28, 1985. Rehearing Denied October 28, 1985.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Broward County; George Richardson, Jr., Judge.

Kenneth A. Rubin of Law Offices of Krupnick Campbell, P.A., Ft. Lauderdale, for appellants.

John P. Kelly of Fleming, O'Bryan Fleming, Ft. Lauderdale, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

We affirm upon authority of Fisher v. Shenandoah General Construction Co., 472 So.2d 871 (Fla. 4th DCA 1985), and, as was done in Fisher, certify to the Florida Supreme Court as a matter of great public importance the following question:

DOES THE FLORIDA WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW PRECLUDE ACTIONS BY EMPLOYEES AGAINST THEIR CORPORATE EMPLOYERS FOR INTENTIONAL TORTS EVEN THOUGH THE INJURIES WERE INCURRED WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THEIR EMPLOYMENT?

Affirmed.

ANSTEAD and WALDEN, JJ., and SMITH, FREDRICKA, Association Judge, concur.