What if a Third Party Tortfeasor Caused the Employee’s Workplace Accident?
If an employee is injured or killed in the course of his or her employment by the negligence or wrongful act of a third-party tortfeasor, such injured employee or, in the case of his or her death, the employee’s dependents may accept compensation benefits from his employer under the provisions of Florida’s workers’ compensation Act, and at the same time such injured employee or his or her dependents or personal representatives may pursue his or her remedy by action at law or otherwise against the third-party tortfeasor. If the employee or his or her dependents accept compensation or other benefits under Florida’s workers’ compensation Act (or begin proceedings seeking such benefits), the employer or, in the event the employer is insured against liability hereunder, the employer’s insurer shall be subrogated to the rights of the employee or his or her dependents against such third-party tortfeasor. If the injured employee or his or her dependents recovers from a third-party tortfeasor b
