Adams Homes of Northwest Florida, Inc. v. Cranfill

The issue we address in this appeal is whether the 2004 amendments to the workers’ compensation statutes make ma-terialmen on a construction work site statutory employees for worker’s compensation immunity purposes. We hold that materialmen are still excluded from the definition of a statutory employee, and that the general contractor is therefore not entitled to immunity from tort liability for ordinary job site injuries suffered by an employee of the materialman.1

Reduced to their essence, the facts are that the appellant, Adams Homes of Northwest Florida, Inc., was constructing a house that…