LINGOLD v. TRANSAMERICA INS. CO.

No. 81-1264.

416 So.2d 1271 (1982)

William E. LINGOLD and Patricia E. Lingold, Appellants, v. TRANSAMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY and Robert E. Howard, d/b/a Bob Howard Construction Company, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

July 21, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Cole and Rutledge R. Liles of Howell, Howell, Liles, Braddock & Milton, Jacksonville, for appellants.

Robert M. Sharp and W. Douglas Childs of Bullock, Sharp, Childs, Mickler & Cohen, P.A., Jacksonville, for appellees.


COWART, Judge.

This case involves the question of whether or not a general contractor is immune under the workers' compensation statute from suit against it by an injured employee of a subcontractor.

Appellee, as general contractor, contracted to build a residence for an owner and the contract included supplying and installing floor covering. The general contractor had a general agreement with a floor covering company to provide floor covering to fulfill the...

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