LOCKE v. SUNTRUST BANK

No. 06-12967.

484 F.3d 1343 (2007)

Martha LOCKE, f.k.a. Martha Villareal, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SUNTRUST BANK, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 23, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter W. van den Boom, John W. Frost, II, Frost, Tamayo, Sessums & Aranda, P.A., Bartow, FL, for Locke.

Monterey Campbell, Kristie Hatcher-Bolin, Mark N. Miller, Gray, Harris, Robinson, Lane, Trohn, P.A., Lakeland, FL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before HULL and MARCUS, Circuit Judges, and BARZILAY, Judge.


HULL, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-appellant Martha Locke filed suit against her employer, SunTrust Bank, for injuries she sustained when a robber shot her during a bank robbery of the SunTrust branch where she worked. The district court dismissed Locke's complaint with prejudice, concluding: (1) that Locke's negligence claim against her employer was barred by the exclusivity provisions of Florida's workers' compensation laws; and (2) that Locke's complaint failed to...

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