FAVRE v. CAPELETTI BROTHERS, INC.

No. 55201.

381 So.2d 1356 (1980)

Robert FAVRE, Appellant, v. CAPELETTI BROTHERS, INC., a Florida Corporation, and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, a Foreign Corporation, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Florida.

March 27, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael P. Maguire of Maguire & Friend, Miami, for appellant.

Kevin P. O'Connor of Magill, Sevier & Reid, Miami, for appellees.


OVERTON, Justice.

This is a direct appeal from a summary judgment entered by the trial court, holding that an employee of a subcontractor who received workmen's compensation for an injury could not separately sue the general contractor. In doing so, the trial court expressly upheld the constitutionality of sections 440.10 and 440.11, Florida Statutes (1977). We have jurisdiction.1

The facts of this case are not in dispute. Appellant...

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