Claim of Holmes v. Delaware Contracting Corp.

Appeal from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, filed January 23, 1974, which held appellant Delaware Contracting Corporation to be the general employer and respondent Amherst Sanitary Landfill to be the special employer, and imposed full liability for an award of compensation upon appellant. Claimant was undisputedly paid by appellant, but appellant contends that respondent was the only employer, the payment arrangement having been worked out because respondent did not have a union contract. In addition, however, claimant testified that he had been told at the beginning that he…