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Vallejos v. Lan Cargo S.A.

Citations

  • 116 So. 3d 545
  • 2013 WL 3015685
  • 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 9626

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding the gross- negligence exemption applies only to fellow employees and is not imputed to the employer
  • holding the “unrelated works” exception found in section 440.11(1)(b)(2) applies only to fellow-employees
  • upholding summary judgment in a case where a worker was injured after wrapping rope around his hand because allowing workers to dump a hopper using makeshift rope may have been negligent and more dangerous than other methods, but it did not rise to level of gross negligence

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Cortinas, Schwartz, Wells

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