A borrowed servant may not recover in tort against the "regular" employees of the borrowing employer, held a Georgia appellate court. Accordingly, a state trial court erred when it refused to grant summary judgment in favor of a defendant-employee of...
Construing Louisiana law, and applying the ten-factor test established by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in U.S. Fire Ins. Co. v. Miller , 381 F.3d 385, 388 (5th Cir. 2004), a federal district court found that a worker assigned to the defendant’s pipe...
A California appellate court has upheld the constitutionality of Labor Code § 3701.9, which generally prohibits temporary services employers (TSE's) and leasing employers (LE's) from self-insuring their workers’ compensation liability. Plaintiffs...
Karen C. Yotis, Esq., a Feature Resident Columnist for the LexisNexis Workers’ Compensation eNewsletter , provides insights into workplace issues and the nuts and bolts of the workers’ comp world. Temporary workers are having a decidedly permanent...