ATLANTIC COAST DEV. v. NAPOLEON STEEL

Nos. 79-913, 79-1154.

385 So.2d 676 (1980)

ATLANTIC COAST DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Appellant, v. NAPOLEON STEEL CONTRACTORS, INC., Nelacar Corp., and Nelacar Construction Corp., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied July 25, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradford, Williams, McKay, Kimbrell, Hamann, Jennings & Kniskern and R. Owen Ricker, Jr., Miami, for appellant.

Peters, Pickle, Flynn, Niemoeller, Stieglitz & Hart and Richard G. Daniels; High, Stack, Lazenby, Bender, Palahach & Lacasa and George C. Bender, Miami, for appellees.

Before NESBITT and BASKIN, JJ., and CHARLES A. CARROLL (Ret.), Associate Judge.


NESBITT, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment for common law indemnity entered upon a jury verdict against a subcontractor who was the employer of a workman killed on a construction site. The indemnity suit followed a settlement agreement reached by the appellees and the personal representative of the decedent's estate in a wrongful death action.

The issue before this court, simply stated, is whether one may delegate a nondelegable duty. Upon analysis...

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