JFC Temps, Inc. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION

ZAPPALA, Justice.

In this workers’ compensation case, we must determine whether G & B Packing (G & B) or JFC Temps, Inc., (JFC) is responsible for the payment of workers’ compensation benefits due the claimant, Alonzo Lindsay (Claimant). JFC is a temporary employment agency which hired Claimant and assigned him to G & B, a warehousing company, to drive a tractor-trailer. On March 18, 1988, while exiting the cab of a G & B truck, 1 Claimant slipped and fell. Tests taken a few days later revealed blood clots in Claimant’s leg. Complications arose and Claimant’s leg was amputated. 2

Claimant…