Florida Supreme Court Denies Review in Student Intern Case
In Orange Co. School Bd. v. Powers, a case which I wrote about here, the First District Court of Appeal held that a student intern was not an "employee" of the school board for purposes of the Florida Workers' Compensation Act. The Florida Supreme Court has now denied review of that decision. As a basis for supreme court jurisdiction, the claimant had maintained in her jurisdictional brief that the First DCA's decision conflicted with a 1996 decision from the Fifth DCA, which held that a student intern with the Orlando Magic was an "employee" of the Magic and thus was barred by the exclusive remedy provision from filing a personal injury suit against them.
