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... to obtain immunity from tort liability under the exclusive remedy statute must prove statutory employer status. CONSTRUCTION AND TRANSPORTATION Statutory employer situations often arise in the construction industry. For example, a general contractor is building new homes. Since it has two officers, but no employees, it is not required to carry Workers Comp insurance. The actual construction of houses is subcontracted out. A subcontractor with employees, 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 tort liability. BORROWING AND LENDING: SPECIAL EMPLOYERS AND THE BORROWED SERVANT DOCTRINE The cases discussed here illustrate that tort immunity and the transfer of Workers Compensation obligations can arise in a variety of situations. Similar obligations may be generated under the borrowed servant' doctrine when multiple contractors or employers are working on a particular job when one contractor temporarily uses the employees of another to help complete the first contractor's work ...
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...anies have been insuring the same roofers, nursing homes, manufacturers, and c...
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... immunity from tort liability under the exclusive remedy statute must prove statutory employer status. CONSTRUCTION AND TRANSPORTATION Statutory employer situations often arise in the construction industry. For example, a general contractor is building new homes. Since it has two officers, but no employees, it is not required to carry Workers' Comp insurance. The actual construction of houses is subcontracted out. A subcontractor with employees, 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 tort liability. BORROWING AND LENDING: SPECIAL EMPLOYERS AND THE BORROWED SERVANT DOCTRINE The cases discussed here illustrate that tort immunity and the transfer of Workers' Compensation obligations can arise in a variety of situations. Similar obligations may be generated under the borrowed servant' doctrine when multiple contractors or employers are working on a particular job when one contractor temporarily uses the employees of another to help complete the first contractor's ...
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... to obtain immunity from tort liability under the exclusive remedy statute must prove statutory employer status. CONSTRUCTION AND TRANSPORTATION Statutory employer situations often arise in the construction industry. For example, a general contractor is building new homes. Since it has two officers, but no employees, it is not required to carry Workers Comp insurance. The actual construction of houses is subcontracted out. A subcontractor with employees, 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 tort liability. BORROWING AND LENDING: SPECIAL EMPLOYERS AND THE BORROWED SERVANT DOCTRINE The cases discussed here illustrate that tort immunity and the transfer of Workers Compensation obligations can arise in a variety of situations. Similar obligations may be generated under the borrowed servant' doctrine when multiple contractors or employers are working on a particular job when one contractor temporarily uses the employees of another to help complete the first contractor's work ...