· 8/10/2007
Ruddick v. State
Citations
- 963 So. 2d 301
- 2007 Fla. App. LEXIS 12353
- 2007 WL 2274627
How courts have described this case
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- proclaiming that the Act’s exclusivity provision “manifests a legislative policy decision that a limitation on remedies under tort law is an appropriate trade-off for the benefits provided by workers’ compensation”
- applying principles set forth in Biasetti but concluding that plaintiffs mental impairment was caused by her physical injuries and therefore covered by act
- act is remedial statute that should be construed generously to accomplish its purpose of quick and certain compensation of injured employees
- ‘‘it is improper to raise a new argument in a reply brief, because doing so deprives the opposing party of the opportunity to respond in writing’’
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Judges: Padovano, Roberts, Webster
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