NATIONWIDE MUT. INS. CO. v. JACOBY

No. 86-1479.

505 So.2d 471 (1987)

NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Russell JACOBY, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearings Denied April 8, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan L. Alpert and Peter J. Grilli of Alpert, Josey, Freemon & Grilli, Tampa, for appellant.

Roy L. Glass of Law Offices of Roy L. Glass, P.A., St. Petersburg, for appellee.


LEHAN, Judge.

We affirm the trial court's ruling that the subrogation rights provided to a workman's compensation insurance carrier pursuant to section 440.39, Florida Statutes (1985), for workman's compensation benefits paid to an employee do not, under the terms of the statute, arise against a recovery by the employee from a third party tortfeasor when the employee was injured by the third party tortfeasor while not in the course of his employment.

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