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600 So. 2d 1247

Pike v. Pearce

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 1992-06-12

Relies on Gory Roofing Tile Manufacturing, Inc. v. Davison

Decided 1992-06-12

DAUKSCH, Judge.

¶1This is an appeal from a summary judgment in a personal injury case. We reverse.

¶2Briefly the facts are that appellant was a personal caretaker for an elderly woman who became violent and assaulted appellant and caused injury. Appellee defended the lawsuit filed by appellant, saying that by accepting checks which appellee had designated as payments under the worker’s compensation law that appellant had foregone any right to seek tort damages. Appellant denies accepting the checks as worker’s compensation benefits and says she is legally entitled to seek money damages.

¶3There are material factual disputes in this tort case. Summary judgment is inappropriate. Holl v. Talcott, 191 So.2d 40 (Fla.1966).

¶4REVERSED and REMANDED.

W. SHARP and DIAMANTIS, JJ., concur.
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