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GARCIA v. PUBLIC HEALTH TRUST OF DADE COUNTY

No. 87-5176.

841 F.2d 1062 (1988)

Juan Larena GARCIA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PUBLIC HEALTH TRUST OF DADE COUNTY, d/b/a Jackson Memorial Hospital, et al., Josefa Vasquez, the University of Miami, a Florida corporation, d/b/a the University of Miami School of Medicine, Don Rafael Penalver, M.D., and Iberia Airlines of Spain, S.A., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 4, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marilyn Sher, Chonin & Sher, P.A., Coral Gables, Fla., Joseph C. Segor, Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellant.

Christopher Lynch, Adams, Hunter, Angones, Adams, Adams & McClure, Miami, Fla., for Donald Rafael Penalver, M.D.

Michael J. Holland, Condon & Forsyth, New York City, Michael K. McLemore, Kimbrell & Hamann, P.A., Miami, Fla., for Iberia Airlines of Spain.

Before HATCHETT and EDMONDSON, Circuit Judges, and MARKEY, Chief Circuit Judge.

HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:

Applying Florida's choice of law principles, we affirm the district court's ruling that an action for medical malpractice brought by an employee of a foreign agency injured in Florida is barred by Florida's Worker's Compensation law.

FACTS

Iberia Airlines of Spain employed Juan L. Garcia, the appellant, as a flight attendant. Iberia Airlines is an agency of the Spanish government and is incorporated under the laws of Spain...

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