Uninsured Employers' Fund v. W.M. Schlosser Co.

J. FREDERICK SHARER, Judge (Retired, Specially Assigned).

Jehue Q. Johnson suffered a compensable injury and was awarded workers’ compensation benefits by the Maryland Workers’ Compensation Commission. At issue in this appeal is whether those benefits are the obligation of the Uninsured Employers’ Fund (“the Fund”), appellant, or the Injured Workers’ Insurance Fund (“IWIF”), appellee.

Commensurate with its award of benefits to Johnson, the Commission ruled that Johnson’s direct employer, Rose Industrial Services (“Rose”), a subcontractor to W.M. Schlosser Co. (“Schlosser”), was uninsured for…