CROSBY v. REG. UTIL. BD., CITY OF GAINESVILLE

No. YY-59.

400 So.2d 1024 (1981)

Gerald Wayne CROSBY, Appellant, v. REGIONAL UTILITY BOARD, CITY OF GAINESVILLE, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

June 26, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eilon Krugman-Kadi, Gainesville, for appellant.

Jack A. Langdon and Terrence J. Kann, Gainesville, for appellee.

Larry Klein, West Palm Beach, for amicus curiae, The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers.

Rodney W. Smith, Gainesville, for amicus curiae, Communications Workers of America, Local 3170.


OWEN, WILLIAM C., Jr. (Retired), Associate Judge.

The issue in this case is whether an employee engaged in a hazardous occupation as defined by Chapter 769, Florida Statutes, injured in the course and scope of such employment through the negligence of his employer (for which a right of action is granted by Section 769.02, Florida Statutes) is nonetheless limited to the remedies of the Workers' Compensation Act, Chapter 440, Florida Statutes, where the employer has...

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