Houssami v. Nofal

COBB, Judge.

In this negligence action, the parties assert that the primary issue on appeal is whether the trial court properly entered a directed verdict finding that workers’ compensation immunity protects the defendant, Robert C. Nofal. However, the determinative issue is whether the plaintiff, Ibrahim Houssami, proved that Nofal’s action, or inaction, was negligent.

Houssami was employed as a waiter at Churchill's Attic Restaurant in St. Augustine. Nofal and Herbert L. Smith owned the property and building where the restaurant was located, but Houssami was employed by Nofal-Smith, Inc.…