A Pennsylvania tomato grower is secondarily liable to pay the workers’ compensation benefits of a truck driver it hired to deliver its produce, the state Supreme Court has unanimously ruled, in a case that settles what the court called “ambiguity” regarding statutory employer status in Pennsylvania’s Workers’ Compensation Act.
The court’s decision, which came down last week, essentially means that non-premises-based contractors may be viewed as statutory employers for the purpose of claiming benefits.
