Case Name: Ottis Lee DEEN, Jr., Appellant, v. QUANTUM RESOURCES, INC., a foreign corporation and Florida Power & Light Co., Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1998-07-10
Citations: 713 So. 2d 1075
Docket Number: No. 97-01375
Parties: Ottis Lee DEEN, Jr., Appellant, v. QUANTUM RESOURCES, INC., a foreign corporation and Florida Power & Light Co., Appellees.
Judges: THREADGILL, A.C.J., and FULMER, J., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 713
Pages: 1075–1077

Head Matter:
Ottis Lee DEEN, Jr., Appellant, v. QUANTUM RESOURCES, INC., a foreign corporation and Florida Power & Light Co., Appellees.
No. 97-01375.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
July 10, 1998.
Joel D. Eaton of Podhurst, Orseck, Josefs-berg, Eaton, Meadow, Olin & Perwin, P.A., Miami, and Wagner, Vaughan & McLaughlin, P.A., Tampa, for Appellant.
John R. Mathias of Law Offices of Luis G. Figueroa, Clearwater, for Appellee Quantum Resources, Inc.
Stuart C. Markman and Susan H. Freem-on of Kynes, Markman & Felman, P.A., Tampa, and Robert B. Sendler, Juno Beach, for Appellee Florida Power & Light Company.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. See Cartier v. Florida Power & Light Co., 594 So.2d 755 (Fla. 3d DCA 1991). However, we certify the following question to the Florida Supreme Court:
DOES A SELF-INSURED PUBLIC UTILITY WHICH UNDERTAKES, PURSUANT TO SECTION 440.571, FLORIDA STATUTES (1991)(NOW SECTION 624.46225, FLORIDA STATUTES (1997)), TO PROVIDE WORKERS' COMPENSATION COVERAGE TO A SUBCONTRACTOR WORKING ON ITS PROPERTY, OBTAIN THE BENEFIT OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION IMMUNITY PROVIDED IN SECTION 440.11, FLORIDA STATUTES (1991), AS TO INJURIES SUSTAINED BY AN EMPLOYEE OF THE SUBCONTRACTOR RESULTING FROM THE NEGLIGENCE OF THE PUBLIC UTILITY?
THREADGILL, A.C.J., and FULMER, J., concur.
PATTERSON, J., dissents with opinion.