MORENO v. UNIVERSAL TRUSSES, INC.

Nos. 81-854, 81-920.

416 So.2d 1221 (1982)

Placido MORENO, Secundino Ramos and Domingo A. Mendez, Appellants, v. UNIVERSAL TRUSSES, INC., and United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

July 20, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pelzner, Schwedock, Finkelstein & Klausner and Peter S. Schwedock, Magill, Reid, Kuvin & Lewis and R. Fred Lewis, Friesner, Hatfield & Edge, Miami, for appellants.

Wicker, Smith, Blomqvist, Davant, Tutal, O'Hara & McCoy and Richard A. Sherman, Miami, for appellees.

Before BARKDULL, SCHWARTZ and BASKIN, JJ.


BASKIN, Judge.

Appellants were injured in a forklift accident which occurred while Universal Trusses was engaged in expanding its warehouse on property it owned. They sued to recover damages from Universal for the negligent operation of the forklift by a Universal employee.

The trial court granted summary judgment for Universal, ruling that the claims were barred by the exclusive remedy provisions of the Workers...

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