BAXLEY v. DIXIE LAND & TIMBER CO.

No. BS-223.

521 So.2d 170 (1988)

Sadie BAXLEY, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Lloyd Donald Baxley, Appellant, v. DIXIE LAND & TIMBER CO., a Foreign Corporation, and Ellis Hatcher, a Florida Resident, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied March 17, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory W. Johnson, Jacksonville, for appellant.

W. Douglas Childs and William H. McKnight of Bullock, Childs & Mickler, P.A., Jacksonville, for Appellee Dixie Land & Timber Co.


ZEHMER, Judge.

Sadie Baxley appeals a final summary judgment in favor of Dixie Land & Timber Company (Dixie) granted on the ground that the independent contractor exception to the inherently dangerous work doctrine, recognized in Florida Power & Light v. Price, 170 So.2d 293 (Fla. 1964), bars her suit. Drawing all inferences most favorably for Mrs. Baxley as the party moved against, the record before us reveals the...

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