JAMES WAYNE CATES AND GARY BEYER, PETITIONERS,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, RESPONDENT

Citator

Cited By

• Webb v. Priest, 413 So. 2d 43 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982)
  …d, 348 So. 2d 946 (1977), (4) the owner/employer knew or had reason to know that the independent contractor would not perform in a satisfactory manner, see, e.g., Williams v. Wometco Enterprise, Inc., 287 So. 2d 353 (Fla. 3d DCA 1974), cert. denied, 294 So. 2d 93 (Fla.1974); Brien v. 18925 Collins Avenue Corp., 233 So. 2d 847 (Fla. 3d DCA 1979), or (5) where the independent contractor had apparent authority to act on behalf of the owner/employer, Stuyvesant Corp. v. Stahl, infra; Thomkin Corp. v. Miller, 156…
• U.S. Sec. Servs. Corp. v. Ramada INN, Inc., 665 So. 2d 268 (Fla. 3d DCA 1995)
  …rd-party criminal attacks; it is solely a breach of the independent contractor’s tort duty to conduct itself in a reasonably safe manner so as not to injure third parties. Williams v. Wometco Enters., 287 So. 2d 353 (Fla. 3d DCA 1973), cert. denied, 294 So. 2d 93 (Fla.1974); Brien v. 18925 Collins Avenue Corp., 233 So. 2d 847 (Fla. 3d DCA 1970). In the instant case, however, Ramada has quite properly been held legally responsible for the independent contractor USS’s negligent failure to protect the plaintif…
• Payne H. Midyette v. Madison, 559 So. 2d 1126 (Fla. 1990)
  …an allegation that the owner had or ought to have had notice of the dangerous propensities of the guard” employed by the independent contractor. Id. Accord Williams v. Wometco Enterprises, Inc., 287 So. 2d 353, 354 (Fla. 3d DCA 1973), cert. denied, 294 So. 2d 93 (Fla.1974). By the same token, our courts have held that some types of activities — such as operating a crane — can only be described as “inherently dangerous.” Geffrey v. Langston Const. Co., 58 So. 2d 698 (Fla.1952); Atlantic Coast Dev. Corp. v.…

Authorities Cited

• Wood v. State, 288 So. 2d 590 (Fla. 1st DCA 1974)
• Cates v. State, 288 So. 2d 590 (Fla. 4th DCA 1974)