Lawton v. Alpine Engineered Products, Inc., 84-2383
Decision Date | 28 August 1985 |
Docket Number | No. 84-2383,84-2383 |
Citation | 10 Fla. L. Weekly 2042,476 So.2d 233 |
Parties | 10 Fla. L. Weekly 2042 Carl LAWTON and Mary Lawton, his wife, Appellants, v. ALPINE ENGINEERED PRODUCTS, INC., Appellee. |
Court | Florida District Court of Appeals |
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.
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.
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...FOR INTENTIONAL TORTS EVEN THOUGH THE INJURIES WERE INCURRED WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THEIR EMPLOYMENT? Lawton v. Alpine Engineered Products, Inc., 476 So.2d 233, 233 (Fla. 4th DCA 1985). We have jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(4), Florida Constitution. The question is identical......