PROFESSIONAL TEL. ANSWERING v. GROCE

No. 93-01289.

632 So.2d 609 (1993)

PROFESSIONAL TELEPHONE ANSWERING SERVICE, INC., Appellant, v. Valerie GROCE and Mark Groce, Her Husband, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied February 23, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George A. Vaka and Nancy A. Lauten of Fowler, White, Gillen, Boggs, Villareal & Banker, P.A., Tampa, for appellant.

Joseph A. Eustace, Jr. of Anthony J. LaSpada, P.A., George P. Kickliter, Tampa, for appellees.


PER CURIAM.

In this case we are called upon to determine whether, as a matter of law, an employer is prohibited from pleading the affirmative defense of workers' compensation immunity when its employee is the alleged victim of a workplace sexual assault by a third party. We conclude that it is not.

Professional Telephone Answering Service, Inc. (PROTAS), contends the trial court erred in striking its workers' compensation immunity affirmative defense. We have...

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