Disability Law

First DCA Rejects Constitutional Challenge to "Horizontal Immunity"

By David A. McCranie, Esq.

The First District Court of Appeal made quick work of a Jacksonville construction worker's constitutional challenge to the so-called "horizontal immunity" provision of the Florida Workers' Compensation Law which I discussed here.  Just three days after hearing oral argument, the court "PCA'd" , i.e., affirmed without written opinion, the lower court's judgment.  Note:  because the First District affirmed the lower court's ruling without a written opinion, the decision is not binding as precedent. 

Full post as published by Florida Workers’ Compensation Law Blog on July 18, 2008 (boomark / email).