RUMSEY v. EASTERN DISTRIBUTION, INC.

No. AT-292.

445 So.2d 1085 (1984)

Daniel Claude RUMSEY, Appellant, v. EASTERN DISTRIBUTION, INC., a Corporation, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

February 27, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Perry Penland, Jr., of Penland, Seelie, Morgan & Penland, Jacksonville, for appellant.

Robert Wilhelm of Howell, Liles, Braddock & Milton, Jacksonville, for appellee.


ERVIN, Chief Judge.

Appellant, Rumsey, appeals a summary final judgment, contending the trial court erred in finding Rumsey to be a "borrowed servant" of Appellee, Eastern Distribution, Inc. (Eastern), which finding barred Eastern from suit in tort by virtue of the exclusivity provisions of Florida's Workers' compensation Law. We disagree with his argument and affirm.

Rumsey was hired by Right Hand Man of Florida, a labor pool, to perform manual labor for...

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