Torts -- Assault -- Sexual battery -- Workers' compensation immunity
-- Action against corporation and its retail store manager brought on behalf of minor who was allegedly assaulted and sexually battered by store manager while she was employed as sales clerk -- Trial court properly found that workers' compensation law was exclusive remedy for claims against corporation for negligent hiring, retention,
supervision and training of store manager     33 Fla. L. Weekly D1273b


Torts -- Defamation -- Prohibition -- Jurisdiction -- Entanglement in religion -- Action against church and various individuals for libel and slander -- Allegations of complaint do not demonstrate that court would become entangled in internal church matters if lawsuit were tried -- Petition for writ of prohibition denied without prejudice to petitioners to renew claim of excessive entanglement if they can demonstrate that adjudication of plaintiff's claims will involve the court in an impermissible inquiry into internal church matters or religious beliefs     33 Fla. L. Weekly D1274a
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