ADAMS HOMES OF NORTHWEST FLA., INC. v. CRANFILL

No. 5D08-2359.

7 So.3d 611 (2009)

ADAMS HOMES OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA, INC., Appellant, v. Jason Lucas CRANFILL and Tyrah Cranfill, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

April 3, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Craig Delesie, Jr. and Gini Lynn Jenkins of Kadyk Delesie & Espat, Tampa, for Appellant.

Glen E. Chaney, of Hayworth, Chaney & Thomas, P.A., Melbourne, for Appellee.


MONACO, J.

The issue we address in this appeal is whether the 2004 amendments to the workers' compensation statutes make materialmen on a construction work site statutory employees for worker's compensation immunity purposes. We hold that materialmen are still excluded from the definition of a statutory employee, and that the general contractor is therefore not entitled to immunity from tort liability for ordinary job site injuries suffered by an employee of the materialman...

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