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Jose Lluch v. American Airlines, Inc.
2005 Fla. App.
Lexis 7036
Lluch worked as a custodian/janitor for more
than ten years with ABM Janitorial Services at Miami International Airport. ABM has a
contract with American Airlines to provide cleaning services for American at the airport.
Their contract expressly provides that ABM is an independent contractor. Lluch received
his work instructions from ABM supervisors and they inspected his work. He did not work
with any American employees in any common endeavors and he was prohibited from
having anything to do with baggage handling or cargo. Lluch was injured while working at
the airport pulling a large trash cart toward a garbage corral so he could dump the trash
into a garbage tank. There were numerous motorized vehicles moving around the area
where Lluch was pulling the trash cart. An American baggage handler was operating an
American tractor pulling several luggage carts and hit the trash cart causing it to fall on top
of Lluch. Lluch filed a workers
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