Knight-Ridder Newspaper Sales, Inc. v. Desselle

Carley, Judge.

Appellee worked as a sports writer for a newspaper. After work, while crossing a public street between the newspaper building and a parking lot leased by the newspaper solely for the use of its employees, appellee was injured when struck by a vehicle driven by a fellow employee. Appellee brought the instant tort action against appellants, who are the fellow employee-driver and various corporations concerned in the publication and distribution of the newspaper. Appellants’ answer denied liability and raised by way of defense the exclusive remedy provisions of the Workers’…