Lawton v. Alpine Engineered Products, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that an employer does not commit an intentional tort when he instructs his employee to operate dangerous machinery without warning the employee about the machinery's known hazards
• not an intentional tort when employer instructs employee to operate dangerous machinery without warning the employee about the machinery's known hazards
• must prove that employer deliberately intended to injure or was substantially certain that the result would occur; substantial certainty requires more than a strong probability of injury, it requires virtual certainty

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Cited by

49 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Turner v. PCR, INC.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-03-02· cited 99×
• Travelers Indem. Co. v. PCR INC.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2004-12-09· cited 89×
• Eller v. Shova
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1993-12-09· cited 73×
• Tolliver v. Kroger Co.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1997-11-21· cited 52×
• Cunningham v. Anchor Hocking Corp.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1990-03-01· cited 44×
• Connelly v. Arrow Air, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1990-07-03· cited 38×
• Sierra v. Associated Marine Institutes, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-06-18· cited 37×
• Vernon v. Medical Management Associates of Margate, Inc.
  S.D. Florida· 1996-01-16· cited 28×
• Aguilera v. Inservices, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2005-06-16· cited 26×
• Resha v. Tucker
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1996-01-18· cited 19×
• William T. Connolly and Lizabeth v. Connolly v. Maryland Casualty Company
  Eleventh Circuit· 1988-07-13· cited 18×
• Bustamante v. Tuliano
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1991-06-06· cited 18×
• General Motors Acceptance Corp. v. David
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1994-02-09· cited 17×
• Kline v. Rubio
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1995-04-05· cited 14×
• EAC USA, INC. v. Kawa
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-07-11· cited 14×
• Pendergrass v. RD Michaels, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-08-02· cited 11×
• Elliott v. Dugger
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-05-13· cited 11×
• Vallejos v. Lan Cargo S.A.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-06-19· cited 11×
• Clark v. Gumby's Pizza Systems, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1996-06-04· cited 9×
• Folk v. Rite Aid of Florida, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1992-12-23· cited 9×

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Fisher v. Shenandoah General Construction Co.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1986-11-26· cited 80×
• Seaboard Coast Line RR Co. v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1978-06-13· cited 56×
• Spivey v. Battaglia
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1972-01-26· cited 39×
• Cleveland v. City of Miami
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1972-05-26· cited 18×
• Lawton v. Alpine Engineered Products, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1985-08-28· cited 1×

Other cases named Lawton v. Alpine Engineered Products, Inc.

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Lawton v. Alpine Engineered Products, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1985-08-28· cited 1×