California Building Owner Not Liable in Tort for Injuries to Sub’s Employee

KY Power Company Immune From Tort Suit Where Tree Trimming Subcontractor’s Employee Sustained Fatal Injuries

UPS Employee May Not Sue KY Retailer for Injuries Sustained at Latter’s Loading Dock

Kansas General Contractor Found Liable for Benefits Owed to Uninsured Subcontractor’s Injured Worker

In a complex case that saw the Court opine on the distinction between “judicial dictum” and “obiter dictum,” the Kansas Supreme Court held that a general contractor could be liable...

IL Contractor Who Provides Coverage for Subcontractor’s Workers Not Immune From Suit

The exclusive remedy provisions of the Illinois Workers' Compensation Act (Act)—820 ILCS 305/5(a), 11— do not extend to a general contractor who paid workers’ compensation insurance premiums and benefits for...

Florida’s Second DCA Reverses Itself; Public Utility Was “Contractor” as to its Maintenance Efforts

Following Tampa Electric Company's motion for rehearing regarding its October 20, 2020 decision, in which Florida’s Second District Court of Appeal had held that the public utility company’s obligation to...

Washington Special Employers May Not Be So “Special” After All

Court Says Issue of Fact Existed as to Whether Worker “Consented” to Special Employment Status. In a decision that could alter the way some labor brokers manage their businesses within...

“Regular” or “Recurrent” is Key to Statutory Employer Issue in Kentucky

Construing Kentucky’s “up-the-ladder” statutory employer framework, a state appellate court recently reiterated that workers' compensation immunity is extended to contractors—those who contract with another to have work performed of a...

Immunity Afforded to Ohio Subcontractors Under Contractor’s Self-Insurance Plan is Constitutional

The grant of immunity afforded to subcontractors enrolled in an Ohio contractor’s self-insurance plan [see Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4123.35(O)] from claims by employees of another enrolled subcontractor does...

Exempt Florida Corporate Officer of Subcontractor Barred From Suing General Contractor

An officer of a Florida corporation, who elected to be exempt from workers’ compensation coverage [see § 440.02(15)(b)(1), Fla. Stat. (2008)], and whose “employing” corporation was a subcontractor on a...