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- The Pennsylvania Supreme Court agreed to take an appeal examining whether a construction company owner may be sued for a worker's injuries.
- The case examines what factors a court must consider when determining if a defendant is entitled to co-employer immunity.
- The defendant argued that he was the plaintiff's co-employee and therefore was immune to the lawsuit under Pennsylvania's Workers’ Compensation Act.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to examine whether immunities protecting employers from work injury suits shield the owner of a construction company from a worker’s negligence action.
The high court’sTuesday order granted defendants’ petition for appeal in Brown v. Gados, with the justices focusing the case on thefactors a court must consider when determining if a defendant is entitled to co-employer immunity.
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