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...ployees. One key to determining liability is to decide whether the arrangemen...ontracts, and deals with employer's liability and other tort liability claims involving workers.

...ployees. One key to determining liability is to decide whether the arrangemen...ontracts, and deals with employer's liability and other tort liability claims involving workers.

... , must show the general contractor proof that it carries this coverage. While building a home, the general contractor hired the subcontractor to perform roofing work with payment to be based on the square footage of the completed roof. The subcontractor did not carry Workers' Comp, and it was understood that he would not employ anyone. However, the subcontractor hired a worker to assist him: an experienced roofer who worked for another company but performed side jobs several times a year. This worker fell and was injured. The court held that he was an employee of the general contractor, not an independent contractor, based on the general contractor's right to control the claimant's work and to terminate the relationship at will. Thus the general contractor was a statutory employer required to pay compensation benefits but immune from ... of a contractor seeks compensation for a job-related injury from the contractor's employer or principal. These situations occur most often in the building construction, renovation, and installation trades, although they can arise in other industries. The general contractor subcontracts all or part of the work to one or more subcontractors, but may still be liable for Workers' Comp claims sustained by the subcontractor's employees. One key to determining liability is to decide whether the arrangement between the parties is consistent with customary practice industry practice or is simply a device to avoid the potential liabilities of being an employer. According to the Larson Law of Workers' Compensation Paragraph 29.14: The purpose of this legislation was to protect employees of irresponsible and uninsured subcontractors by imposing ultimate liability on the presumably responsible principal contractor. It is the principal contractor who ...

... however, must show the general contractor proof that it carries this coverage. While building a home, the general contractor hired the subcontractor to perform roofing work with payment to be based on the square footage of the completed roof. The subcontractor did not carry Workers Comp, and it was understood that he would not employ anyone. However, the subcontractor hired a worker to assist him: an experienced roofer who worked for another company but performed side jobs several times a year. This worker fell and was injured. The court held that he was an employee of the general contractor, not an independent contractor, based on the general contractor's right to control the claimant's work and to terminate the relationship at will. Thus the general contractor was a statutory employer required to pay compensation benefits but immune from ... employee of a contractor seeks compensation for a job-related injury from the contractor's employer or principal. These situations occur most often in the building construction, renovation, and installation trades, although they can arise in other industries. The general contractor subcontracts all or part of the work to one or more subcontractors, but may still be liable for Workers Comp claims sustained by the subcontractor's employees. One key to determining liability is to decide whether the arrangement between the parties is consistent with customary practice industry practice or is simply a device to avoid the potential liabilities of being an employer. According to the Larson Law of Workers Compensation Paragraph 29.14: The purpose of this legislation was to protect employees of irresponsible and uninsured subcontractors by imposing ultimate liability on the presumably responsible principal contractor. It is the principal contractor who has ...