UNITED STATES FIDELITY AND GUARANTY COMPANY AND BEN HILL GRIFFIN, INC., PETITIONERS,

v.

CLARENCE MEEKS AND FLORIDA INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION, RESPONDENTS

Citator

Cited By

• Mandico v. Taos Constr., Inc., 605 So. 2d 850 (Fla. 1992)
  …ayments due the independent contractor. Pursuant to section 440.02(ll)(d)l, Florida Statutes (1983),3 an independent contractor is ordinarily excluded from the provisions of the Workers’ Compensation Law. Strickland v. Al Landers Dump Trucks, Inc., 170 So. 2d 445, 446 (Fla.1964). Therefore, the employer of an independent contractor is not required to secure to such an excluded individual the payment of workers’ compensation and thus is not entitled to section 440.11 immunity from civil suit for work-related…
• Mrs. John W. Allen v. The Est. of Charles Francis Carman, 281 So. 2d 317 (Fla. 1973)
  …y assume the obligations and privileges of the Workmen’s Compensation Act and thereby insulate himself from common law liability pursuant to Fla.Stat. § 440.11, F.S.A. Precedent supports this position. In Strickland v. Al Landers Dump Trucks, Inc., 170 So. 2d 445 (Fla.1965), claimant was an independent contractor and therefore normally excluded from the operation of the Workmen’s Compensation Act by Fla.Stat. § 440.02(2) (c)(1), F.S.A. However, the employer had voluntarily issued a workmen’s compensation ins…
• Gulfstream Land & Dev. Corp. v. Wilkerson, 420 So. 2d 587 (Fla. 1982)
  …d from the operation of chapter 440. It further requires that the insured accept the policy and that the carrier agrees to write such. This Court has applied subsection 440.-04(2) in several decisions. In Strickland v. Al Landers Dump Trucks, Inc., 170 So. 2d 445 (Fla.1964), an association of truck drivers purchased a workmen’s compensation insurance policy covering the members of the association. Strickland, a member of the association, was injured and filed for benefits under the policy. His application wa…