Legal Opinion

Gator Freightways, Inc. v. Roberts

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided October 26, 1989No. 73925PublishedCited by 38 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

550 So.2d 1117 (1989)

GATOR FREIGHTWAYS, INC., et al., Petitioners,

v.

Roland ROBERTS, Respondent.

No. 73925.

Supreme Court of Florida.

October 26, 1989.

Henry T. Wihnyk, Richard T. Kilgore and Neal Ganon of Conroy, Simberg & Lewis, P.A., Hollywood, for petitioners.

David A. Snyder, Miami, for respondent.

CORRECTED OPINION

OVERTON, Justice.

We have for review Roberts v. Gator Freightways, Inc., 538 So.2d 55 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989). This is a workers' compensation case in which the district court held that Gator Freightways was the statutory employer of an employee of its independent contractor, who did not…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. State v. LuckieDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1962
  2. Roberts v. Gator Freightways, Inc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1989
  3. Florida Power and Light Company v. BrownDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1973
  4. Williams v. Pan American World Airways, Inc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1984

3Cited by38 opinions

  1. Florida Ins. Guar. Ass'n v. RevoredoDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1997
  2. Miami Herald Publishing v. HatchDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1993
  3. Edwards v. CaulfieldDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1990
  4. Henderson v. Meredith Lumber Co., Inc.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1993
  5. Keith v. News & Sun Sentinel Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1995

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