FITZGERALD v. SOUTH BROWARD HOSP. DIST.

No. 4D02-1092.

840 So.2d 460 (2003)

Joanne FITZGERALD, Appellant, v. SOUTH BROWARD HOSPITAL DISTRICT, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

March 26, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce Botsford of Bruce Botsford, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, and Cam F. Justice of Lawlor, Winston & Justice, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Vanessa A. Reynolds and Susanne E. Riedhammer of Conrad & Scherer, LLP, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.


GROSS, J.

Our focus is whether this case falls within the unrelated works exception to coemployee immunity pursuant to section 440.11(1), Florida Statutes (1995). We hold that it does not and affirm the decision of the circuit court.

Appellant, Joanne Fitzgerald, was a registered nurse who worked at the South Broward Hospital District's Memorial Regional Hospital East ("District"). While on duty, she took a break in the women's locker room. Fitzgerald entered...

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