Parsley v. Rickey

HARGRAVE, Justice.

¶ 1 We granted certiorari to review a certified interlocutory order from the district court of Seminole county, rendered after a non-jury trial in which the court found the defendant Bill Rickey liable to plaintiff for failure to provide workers’ compensation insurance as “principal employer” under section 11 of the Workers’ Compensation Act. The issue is whether the trial judge’s order finding the defendant secondarily liable was supported by competent evidence. In short, we must determine whether the defendant Bill Rickey was the principal employer of either the injured…