The Graham Company Updates on Statewide Coalition to Reverse Patton v. Worthington
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According to a release, the 7-0 decision confirms that general contractors have immunity from suit as a statutory employer under the Workers' Compensation Act - that immunity is the same immunity that a direct employer would have.
"We firmly believed that the statutory employer doctrine should not create a refuge for contractors, but rather should favor employees who are injured and have no other workers compensation insurance available," said
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"The exhaustive effort the brokerage applied and the significant outlay of legal fees we shouldered to overturn the
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