TOTAL SIGNS & LIGHTING, INC. v. BARRIOS

No. 3D10-772.

59 So.3d 1170 (2011)

TOTAL SIGNS & LIGHTING, INC., Appellant, v. Gary BARRIOS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied April 7, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vernis & Bowling and David W. Grossman , Miami; Hicks, Porter Ebenfeld & Stein, Mark Hicks , Miami, and Erik P. Bartenhagen , for appellant.

Lawrence J. McGuinness ; Roberto Villasante , Coral Gables, for appellee.

Before, SHEPHERD and LAGOA, JJ., and SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge.


PER CURIAM.

Because the appellant-defendant-employer was entitled to workers' compensation immunity from common law liability to the appellee-employee for injuries in a construction accident as a matter of law, see sections 440.02(15)(c)(3); 440.11(1), Fla. Stat. (2006), the trial court should have granted the defendant's motion for directed verdict below. The judgment under review in appellee's favor is therefore reversed and the cause remanded with directions to...

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