Case Name: ASBESTOS CERTIFIED TECHNICIANS, INC., a Florida corporation, Appellant, v. The COCA-COLA COMPANY, a foreign corporation, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1998-06-24
Citations: 712 So. 2d 461
Docket Number: NO. 97-02929
Parties: ASBESTOS CERTIFIED TECHNICIANS, INC., a Florida corporation, Appellant, v. The COCA-COLA COMPANY, a foreign corporation, Appellee.
Judges: CAMPBELL, A.C.J., and ALTENBERND and FULMER, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 712
Pages: 461–461

Head Matter:
ASBESTOS CERTIFIED TECHNICIANS, INC., a Florida corporation, Appellant, v. The COCA-COLA COMPANY, a foreign corporation, Appellee.
NO. 97-02929.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
June 24, 1998.
Murray B. Silverstein of Powell, Carney, Hayes & Silverstein, P.A., St. Petersburg, for Appellant.
A. Broaddus Livingston, Sylvia H. Walbolt, and Matthew J. Conigliaro of Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith & Cutler, P.A., St. Petersburg, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We affirm the trial court's dismissal of the complaint filed by Asbestos Certified Technicians, Inc. against The Coca-Cola Company because, in Florida, a negligence claim may not be maintained by an independent contractor to recover purely economic losses it suffers when its employees are injured on the premises of a third party with whom the independent contractor has contracted to perform work. Cf. Sandarac Ass'n, Inc. v. W.R. Frizzell Architects, Inc., 609 So.2d 1349 (Fla. 2d DCA 1992).
CAMPBELL, A.C.J., and ALTENBERND and FULMER, JJ., concur.