Peck v. Delaware County Board of Prison Inspectors

DOYLE, President Judge.

John Peck appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County granting the motion for summary judgment of the Delaware County Board of Prison Inspectors (Prison Board or BPI) on the basis that the Prison Board is Peck’s “statutory employer” and, therefore, may not be sued in a negligence action by him. We reverse.

Peck was a corrections officer employed by Wackenhut Corrections Corporation (Wackenhut) when he slipped in a puddle of water and fell while attempting to close a heavy prison door in the vicinity of a “slop” sink on B Block. As a result of…