Lovering v. Nickerson

In this personal injury action, Homer Lovering appeals the final order entered by the trial court granting summary judgment in favor of appellees, Leslie Nicker-son and the Middlesex Corporation, on their affirmative defense of workers’ compensation immunity. Determining that *781the trial court erred in concluding that Florida’s statutory doctrine of workers’ compensation immunity operates to bar Lovering from asserting negligence claims in this case, we reverse.

Middlesex was performing construction work on the Florida Turnpike pursuant to a contract with Florida’s Department of Transportation,…