Better Roads Inc. v. Gonzalez

Florida District Courts of Appeal
Better Roads Inc. v. Gonzalez, 744 So. 2d 1123 (1999)
1999 Fla. App. LEXIS 13702; 1999 WL 931197
Northcutt, Patterson, Stringer

Better Roads Inc. v. Gonzalez

Opinion of the Court

STRINGER, Judge.

Appellant, Better Roads, Inc., appeals a nonfinal order denying its motion for summary judgment on its claim of workers’ compensation immunity. The order denying summary judgment simply denies the motion without stating a reason for the denial. In order to be appealable, a nonfi-nal order denying a summary judgment motion which is based on workers’ compensation immunity must specifically state that, as a matter of law, a party is not entitled to raise the workers’ compensation immunity defense at trial. See Department of Corrections v. Culver, 716 So.2d 768 (Fla. 1998). Because the order in the instant case fails to make such a statement, we lack jurisdiction under Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.130(a)(3)(C)(vi) to review this order. Accordingly, this appeal must be dismissed.

Appeal dismissed.

PATTERSON, C.J., and NORTHCUTT, J., Concur.

Reference

Full Case Name
BETTER ROADS INCORPORATED v. Maria De Jesus GONZALEZ, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Bernardo Gonzalez Maria De Jesus Gonzalez, as Parent and on Behalf of Juan Miguel Gonzalez, a minor Maria De Jesus Gonzalez, as Parent and on Behalf of Oscar Fernando Gonzalez Diaz, a minor and Maria De Jesus Gonzalez, individually, and Ronald Dale Walker and Krehling Industries, Inc., Third Party
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Status
Published