PROTEGRITY SERVICES, INC. v. VACCARO

No. 4D04-2210.

909 So.2d 445 (2005)

PROTEGRITY SERVICES, INC. and Folksamerica Reinsurance Company, Appellants, v. Julie VACCARO, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

August 24, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dorothy F. Easley and David J. Armstrong of the Law Offices of Steven M. Ziegler, P.A., Hollywood, for appellants.

Eric L. Stettin of Kuvin & Stettin, LLC, and Gary M. Farmer, Jr., of Freedland, Farmer, Russo & Sheller, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.


STEVENSON, C.J.

Protegrity Services, Inc. and Folksamerica Reinsurance Company (collectively referred to as "Protegrity," the employer/workers' compensation carrier), challenge the circuit court's denial of their motion to dismiss plaintiff's complaint. Protegrity argued that it is immune from suit by virtue of the workers' compensation immunity afforded in Chapter 440, Florida Statutes, the Workers' Compensation Act. We disagree and affirm.

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