State Compensation Insurance Fund v. Dean

VAN CISE, Judge.

In August 1981, Patricia Dean (claimant) was seriously injured when she fell from the roof of a building owned by Marion St. Group. She was an employee of Dill & Dill, P.C. (the law firm), and Marion St. Group was a client. The law firm had directed that she help the contractor in completing repair and renovation work on the building, and she was performing that function when the accident occurred. Neither the contractor nor Marion St. Group had workmen’s compensation insurance. Claimant filed her claim for workmen’s compensation benefits as an employee of the law firm. The…