Case Name: Stella Marie PIKE, Appellant, v. Richard W. PEARCE, as Guardian of the Property of Freda P. Webster, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1992-06-12
Citations: 600 So. 2d 1247
Docket Number: No. 91-1871
Parties: Stella Marie PIKE, Appellant, v. Richard W. PEARCE, as Guardian of the Property of Freda P. Webster, Appellee.
Judges: W. SHARP and DIAMANTIS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 600
Pages: 1247–1248

Head Matter:
Stella Marie PIKE, Appellant, v. Richard W. PEARCE, as Guardian of the Property of Freda P. Webster, Appellee.
No. 91-1871.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
June 12, 1992.
Rehearing Denied July 13, 1992.
Brian D. Stokes, Bogin, Munns & Munns, Orlando, for appellant.
W.R. Armstrong, Daytona Beach, for ap-pellee.

Opinion:
DAUKSCH, Judge.
This is an appeal from a summary judgment in a personal injury case. We reverse.
Briefly 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.
There are material factual disputes in this tort case. Summary judgment is inappropriate. Holl v. Talcott, 191 So.2d 40 (Fla.1966).
REVERSED and REMANDED.
W. SHARP and DIAMANTIS, JJ., concur.