Farias v. Mattel, Inc.

OPINION

LIVERMORE, Presiding Judge.

This appeal primarily involves the issue whether Arizona or Florida workers’ compensation laws should apply to Florida resident employees of a Florida circus when their claim arises out of an incident occurring in Arizona while the circus was performing here. We agree with the trial court that on the facts of this case Florida law should apply and therefore affirm the judgments below.

Julio Farias, a member of the trapeze act “The Flying Farias,” fell to his death on June 25, 1980 while practicing before an evening performance of the Ringling Brothers Circus…