Hernandez v. Delgado

This is an appeal from a final summary judgment for the defendant Renan E. Delgado in a wrongful death action by an employee of Machine Construction Company. The summary judgment was apparently entered under the provisions of Section 440.10, Florida Statutes (1975), although the defense was not pleaded nor does the judgment so specify.

The scanty record does not clarify the relationship of the parties. Defendant Delgado states in his brief that the owner of the project was West Palmetto Land Corporation. The record reveals that Delgado was an officer and one of the principals of West Palmetto.…