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When a construction accident occurs on a job site, all attention is understandably on the injured worker. It’s only after the fact that those involved start to think about the condition of the site, the equipment or other third parties that may have caused the injury. It’s at this point that building owners, contractors and suppliers start raising the question of whether they have a duty to preserve certain evidence that may be needed by the worker to make his or her third-party claim.\u00a0\"construction\"<\/a><\/p>\n

To be clear: Employees generally cannot sue their employers for work-related injuries. The exclusivity provision of Florida’s\u00a0workers’ compensation law stipulates that workers’ compensation is the sole remedy for injured and ailing workers harmed on-the-job. However,\u00a0some courts have ruled this exclusivity provision doesn’t apply to claims of spoliation of evidence, which are separate from workers’ compensation claims. Neither do exclusivity provisions\u00a0apply to third parties. This is important because third (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When a construction accident occurs on a job site, all attention is understandably on the injured worker. It’s only after the fact that those involved start to think about the condition of the site, the equipment or other third parties…<\/span><\/p>\n

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