UPS Driver May Not Sue Retail Chain for Injuries Sustained While Delivering Packages to Store

FL Condo Association Was Statutory Employer of Valet Service Employee and Immune from Tort Liability

Because a condominium association had a contractual obligation to provide valet services to the condominium owners pursuant to the terms of the declaration of condominium, the association was the statutory...

Self-Employed Nebraska Subcontractor Not Aided by Statutory Employer Protections

A Nebraska appellate court held that a self-employed person engaged in his own self-employed business, and who elected not to bring himself within the state’s Workers’ Compensation Act, was not...

Florida Utility Was Not Statutory Employer of Injured Workers of Maintenance Company

The obligation of a Florida public utility to maintain its facilities and equipment arose out of an administrative regulation and, therefore, was not the sort of obligation that could be...

“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...

SC Court Affirms Finding That Maintenance Worker Was Not Statutory Employee of Manufacturer

$14 Million Verdict Stands, Worker’s Duties, Although “Essential,” Were Not Part of Defendant’s Business In a South Carolina wrongful death action, the state’s Court of Appeals recently affirmed a trial...

Vermont “Volunteer” Driver for Transit Authority is not an Employee

Driver’s Mileage Reimbursement Did not Constitute “Wages” Reimbursement for mileage driven at rates established by the Internal Revenue Service is not “wages” as defined by Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 21,...